Patent ID: 7810920
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording method, comprising: providing a recording medium; disposing a carriage provided with a recording head and at least a first infrared ray heater; moving the carriage in a first direction between a first position wherein the infrared ray heater opposes the recording medium and a second position at the end of movement of the carriage in the first direction wherein the infrared ray heater does not oppose the recording medium; ejecting ink from the recording head while heating the recording medium with the infrared ray heater, wherein an input energy of the infrared ray heater is 60 W or less so as to heat a surface temperature of the recording medium to a heated temperature that is higher than room temperature by 5° C. to 20° C., wherein the recording medium has a water absorbability in which an amount of absorbed water for 20 msec wherein the recording medium is a coated printing paper, and wherein a maximum printing duty value before blur between colors occurs at the heated temperature is larger than the maximum printing duty value before blur between colors occurs at room temperature.