Patent ID: 9114638
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A droplets drying device comprising: an illuminating unit that applies infrared laser light to droplets that have been ejected onto a recording medium by an ejecting unit that ejects droplets in accordance with an image to be formed; and a control unit that control at least one of timing, a position or positions, and an amount or amounts of application of infrared laser light to the droplets by the illuminating unit in accordance with an attribute that influences image quality of an image formed; wherein the control unit controls a time to a start of illumination from the ejecting of the droplets onto the recording medium by the ejecting unit to a start of the application of infrared laser light to the droplets on the recording medium by the illuminating unit on the basis of at least one of a type of the recording medium, a printing speed of the image, and a distance from the ejecting unit to the illuminating unit in a conveying direction of the recording medium.