Patent ID: 7338143

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus, for ejecting ink onto a recording medium, comprising: (1) a precoater for applying a coat of a pretreatment; (2) an ejector for ejecting the ink; (3) an overcoater for at least depositing a posttreatment on the ink; (4) a recorder recording print modes corresponding to types of recording medium; (5) a selector for selecting one of the print modes from said recorder based on the type of the recording medium; and (6) a drive controller for controlling the operation of said precoater, said ejector, and said overcoater based on the selection result; and (7) a signal receiver for receiving record characteristic information concerning various record characteristics required for a record, wherein said selector references the record characteristic information received by the signal receiver and selects an appropriate print mode from said recorder based on the type of the recording medium to be used; and wherein the following print modes are recorded in said recorder: 1) First print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is not applied and dye ink is ejected for recording and the posttreatment is not used; 2) Second print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is not applied and pigment ink is ejected for recording and further the posttreatment is deposited on the record portion; 3) Third print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is applied 2 g/m 2 or more in solid content terms and then pigment ink is ejected for recording and the posttreatment is not used; 4) Fourth print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is applied 2 g/m 2 or more in solid content terms and then pigment ink is ejected for recording and further the posttreatment is deposited on the record portion; 5) Fifth print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is applied 0.3 to 3 g/m 2 in solid content terms and then pigment ink is ejected for recording and the posttreatment is not used; 6) Sixth print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is applied 0.3 to 3 g/m 2 in solid content terms and then pigment ink is ejected for recording and further the posttreatment is deposited on the record portion; 7) Seventh print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is not applied and dye ink or pigment ink is ejected for recording and the posttreatment is not used; 8) Eighth print mode: A coat of the pretreatment is not applied and dye ink or pigment ink is ejected for recording and further the posttreatment is deposited on the record portion.