Patent ID: 7533982
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus which performs color image recording while conveying a recording medium in a predetermined direction, comprising: a plurality of color ink recording heads which jet photo-curable color ink droplets onto a recording medium; a transparent ink recording head which jets photo-curable transparent ink droplets onto a recording medium; a light radiating device for radiating light rays, to harden the photo-curable color ink droplets and the photo-curable transparent ink droplets, deposited onto the recording medium; and a control section for determining an amount of photo-curable color ink droplets to be jetted from the color ink recording head, with respect to each pixel of image data, and for controlling an amount of photo-curable transparent ink droplets to be jetted from the transparent ink recording head, based on the determined amount of photo-curable color ink droplets to provide a uniform total amount of ink jetted onto the surface of the recording medium, wherein the control section controls in such a manner that the amount of a single transparent ink droplet to be jetted from the transparent ink recording head is always greater than the amount of a single color ink droplet to be jetted from the color ink recording head.