Patent ID: 8529054
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B41J,B41M,C09D

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: a supporting body to support a printing medium; an inkjet head to discharge an ink from a plurality of discharge ports to a surface of the printing medium to deposit ink droplets on the surface of the printing medium, the ink comprising: a heater arranged on at least one of a back side and a front side of the printing medium and provided to apply heat to the ink droplets deposited on the surface of the printing medium to remove the volatile organic solvent present in the ink droplets by volatilization; and a UV irradiation device to irradiate the ink droplets on the surface of the printing medium from which the volatile organic solvent has been removed by volatilization with a UV light to cure the ink droplets, the UV irradiation device being provided to irradiate, after the heater has removed the volatile organic solvent by volatilization from the printing medium to prevent the ink droplets from running on the surface of the printing medium, the ink droplets on the printing medium with the UV light to cure the ink droplets flattened due to removal of the volatile organic solvent by volatilization.