Ink jet recording apparatus

Details Ink jet recording apparatus Ink jet recording apparatus

2007-03-06

2007-03-06

Meier, Stephen (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Medium and processing means

C347S030000, C347S033000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10838810

ABSTRACT:
An ink jet recording apparatus having: a recording head having a jet opening for jetting an ink which is cured by an irradiation with light, toward a recording medium; a light source for irradiating an ink jetted on the recording medium with light, a maintenance unit for performing a maintenance operation to the recording head; a suction cap member to suction an ink from the jet opening or near the jet opening; a wipe member to wipe an ink in the jet opening or near the jet opening; a control section for controlling the light source to turn on or off, wherein the control section controls the light source to have a light quantity of ½ or less of that at a time of an image recording, in a maintenance operation performed by at least one of the wipe member and the suction cap member.

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