Patent ID: 7735992

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a support drum which rotates while supporting a recording medium on a support surface thereof; a guide shaft which is spaced apart from the support surface by a predetermined distance and extends in parallel to a direction perpendicular to a rotation direction of the support drum; a carriage which is guided by the guide shaft and is reciprocally moved along the support surface; a recording head which is mounted on the carriage and ejects an ultraviolet curing ink toward the recording medium supported by the support surface; a coat head which is mounted on the carriage, is provided at least one side of the recording head in a reciprocal movement direction of the carriage, and ejects an ultraviolet curing coat ink forming at least one of an undercoat layer formed on the recording medium and an overcoat layer superimposed on an ink layer adhered to a surface of the recording medium; and an ultraviolet ray irradiation unit which irradiates ultraviolet rays to the ultraviolet curing inks which are ejected from the recording head and the coat head and are adhered to the recording medium; and wherein, whenever the support drum is rotated at least one revolution, the carriage is moved along the guide shaft so as to form an image formed by the ultraviolet curing ink and the coat ink over the overall surface of the recording medium supported by the support drum.