Image recording device having color ink head, transparent ink head and light irradiation unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8998401-B2
Application number	US-201313862704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2013
Priority date	Apr 24, 2012
Publication date	Apr 7, 2015
Grant date	Apr 7, 2015

Abstract

An image recording device is provided with a plurality of color ink heads, first irradiation units which are disposed between the color ink heads which are adjacent, a second irradiation unit which is disposed more to the downstream side in the transport direction than the plurality of color ink heads and which irradiates light which is stronger than the light which is irradiated by the first irradiation units, and a transparent ink head which is disposed more to the downstream side in the transport direction than the second irradiation unit and which discharges transparent ink onto the image, wherein an interval, where a furthermost downstream color ink head and the transparent ink head are lined up, is wider than an interval where the plurality of color ink heads are lined up.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image recording device comprising:
a support member which supports a recording medium by coming into contact with one surface of the recording medium;
a transport section which transports the recording medium in a transport direction;
a plurality of color ink heads, which are lined up in the transport direction and which each discharge photo curable color inks onto the other surface of the recording medium which is transported in the transport directi…

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nomura Yujiro

Classifications

• B41J2/2114 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J11/0015

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2025/008

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/2146

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J11/002 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic