Patent ID: 7766472

Claim:
An inkjet drawing device for recording an image on a sheet-like image recording medium, comprising: a support for supporting said image recording medium; an inkjet head for ejecting photocurable ink as an ink droplet imagewise onto said image recording medium placed on said support, said inkjet head being disposed to be opposed to said support; a head moving mechanism for moving said inkjet head in a main scanning direction; a scanning active light irradiation section for scanning and irradiating said image recording medium with an active light in the main scanning direction to cure said photocurable ink ejected onto said image recording medium, said scanning active light irradiation section being disposed to be opposed to said support and to be on a transport downstream side of said image recording medium so that said scanning active light irradiation section is distant from said inkjet head by a predetermined distance; and a transport mechanism for transporting said image recording medium in a sub-scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the main scanning direction relative to said inkjet head, wherein said scanning active light irradiation section includes: a light source unit including a point or substantially point active light source emitting said active light and parallel light producing means producing said active light emitted from said active light source as parallel light, and a light source unit moving mechanism for moving said light source unit in the main scanning direction, and wherein said light source unit moving mechanism further includes: two timing belt sprockets which are provided outside both ends of said image recording medium in the main scanning direction, and a timing belt which is stretched around said two timing belt sprockets and to which said light source unit is attached.