Patent ID: 9221278
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus that prints an image onto a recording medium using an ink which is composed of an aqueous ink vehicle containing latex as a binder resin, the ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a carriage on which a recording head for discharging ink droplets onto the recording medium is mounted and that moves relative to the recording medium; a platen that supports the recording medium at a predetermined position; a heating means for heating the recording medium; and a controller that controls a heating temperature of the heating means, wherein the heating means includes: wherein the controller controls the heating means such that a surface temperature of the recording medium directly below the recording head is in a range of 60° C. to 80° C., and an ink droplet landed on the recording medium is heated by the platen heater, and an internal temperature distribution of the ink droplet is controlled to be high at a lower portion of the ink droplet, and is controlled to be low at an upper portion of the ink droplet.