# US 12,600,148 B2 · Inkjet recording device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,600,148 B2 - Document ID: US12600148B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/254,382 - Filed: 2021-11-24 - Published: 2024-01-25 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-30 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: Kyocera Corporation - Inventors: Daisuke Eto; Masahiro Higashitani; Hiroatsu Tamai; Masaaki Maruta; Tomoya Hotani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600148B2 ## CPC - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - B41J 2/2114: {Ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids (B41J2/211 takes precedence)} - B41J 29/13: Cases or covers - B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism - B41J 2/2117: {Ejecting white liquids} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract An inkjet recording device includes a conveyance unit, a carriage, one or a plurality of ink head lines, and a processing head. The processing head includes a preprocessing head arranged on an upstream side of the one or plurality of ink head lines in the conveyance direction and configured to eject a non-coloring preprocessing solution. In a case where a head arranged closest to one end in the main scanning direction is defined as a one-end side head, a head arranged closest to the other end is defined as an other-end side head, a distance from the one-end side head to the other-end side head in the main scanning direction is defined as LC, and a distance from the one-end side head to the preprocessing head in the main scanning direction is defined as B1, a relationship of |(B1−LC/2)|/LC≤1/4 is satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An inkjet recording device, comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction intersecting the conveyance direction; a plurality of ink head lines located on the carriage at a position in the conveyance direction; and a preprocessing head located on the carriage and configured to eject a non-coloring preprocessing solution, a postprocessing head located on the carriage and configured to eject a non-coloring post-ejection solution, wherein each of the plurality of ink head lines includes a plurality of ink heads, wherein the plurality of ink heads is arranged side by side in the main scanning direction and is configured to eject inks for image formation respectively, the postprocessing head is arranged on a downstream side of the plurality of ink head lines in the conveyance direction, at least one of the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head is arranged to be partially interposed between a pair of adjacent ink heads in the main scanning direction among the plurality of ink heads included in at least one ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines, and the preprocessing head is arranged to satisfy a relationship of Formula 1 in a case where among the plurality of ink heads and the processing head, a head arranged closest to one end in the main scanning direction is defined as a one-end side head, a head arranged closest to another end is defined as an other-end side head, a distance from the one-end side head to the other-end side head in the main scanning direction is defined as LC, and a distance from the one-end side head to the preprocessing head in the main scanning direction is defined as B1, the plurality of ink head lines are arranged side by side in the conveyance direction, one ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines has one ink head configured to eject ink of a color, other ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines has other ink head arranged adjacent to the one ink head and configured to eject the ink of the color, and in a case where a distance in the main scanning direction from the one-end side head to the postprocessing head is defined as B2, the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head are arranged to satisfy a relationship of Formula 3, |(B1−LC/2)|/LC≤1/4 (Formula 1) |(B1+B2−LC)/LC|≤1/2 (Formula 3). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the preprocessing heads are arranged side by side in the main scanning direction, and at least one of the plurality of preprocessing heads is arranged to satisfy the relationship of the Formula 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The inkjet recording device according to claim 2, wherein all of the plurality of preprocessing heads are arranged to satisfy the relationship of the Formula 1. ### Claim 4 An inkjet recording device, comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction intersecting the conveyance direction; a plurality of ink head lines located on the carriage at a position in the conveyance direction; and a preprocessing head located on the carriage and configured to eject a non-coloring preprocessing solution, a postprocessing head located on the carriage and configured to eject a non-coloring post-ejection solution, wherein each of the plurality of ink head lines includes a plurality of ink heads, wherein the plurality of ink heads is arranged side by side in the main scanning direction and is configured to eject inks for image formation respectively, the postprocessing head is arranged on a downstream side of the plurality of ink head lines in the conveyance direction, and at least one of the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head is arranged to be partially interposed between a pair of adjacent ink heads in the main scanning direction among the plurality of ink heads included in at least one ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines, and the postprocessing head is arranged to satisfy a relationship of Formula 2 in a case where among the plurality of ink heads and the processing head, a head arranged closest to one end in the main scanning direction is defined as a one-end side head, a head arranged closest to another end is defined as an other-end side head, a distance from the one-end side head to the other-end side head in the main scanning direction is defined as LC, and a distance from the one-end side head to the postprocessing head in the main scanning direction is defined as B2, the plurality of ink head lines are arranged side by side in the conveyance direction, one ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines has one ink head configured to eject ink of a color, other ink head line among the plurality of ink head lines has other ink head arranged adjacent to the one ink head and configured to eject the ink of the color, and in a case where a distance in the main scanning direction from the one-end side head to the preprocessing head is defined as B1, the preprocessing head is arranged to satisfy a relationship of Formula 3, |(B2−LC/2)|/LC≤1/4 (Formula 2) |(B1+B2−LC)/LC|≤1/2 (Formula 3). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The inkjet recording device according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the postprocessing heads are arranged side by side in the main scanning direction, and at least one of the plurality of postprocessing heads is arranged to satisfy the relationship of the Formula 2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The inkjet recording device according to claim 4, wherein in a case where a distance in the main scanning direction from the one-end side head to the preprocessing head is defined as B1, the preprocessing head is arranged to satisfy a relationship of the following Formula, |(B1−LC/2)|/LC≤1/4. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The inkjet recording device according to claim 6, wherein the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head are arranged to satisfy a relationship of the following Formula, |(B1+B2−LC)/LC|≤1/3. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the postprocessing head is arranged in a range of an arrangement width of the plurality of ink heads in the main scanning direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the postprocessing head is arranged in a central region in an arrangement width of the ink head line in the main scanning direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head are arranged such that an arrangement or array center of one or a plurality of the preprocessing heads and an arrangement or array center of one or a plurality of the postprocessing heads in the main scanning direction coincide with each other in the main scanning direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the inkjet recording device further comprising a holding member configured to hold the carriage in a state of being reciprocable in the main scanning direction, wherein the carriage includes an engagement portion and is held at the holding member in a cantilevered state by the engagement portion, and the preprocessing head is arranged closer to the engagement portion than the postprocessing head in the conveyance direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the inkjet recording device further comprising: a holding member configured to hold the carriage in a state of being reciprocable in the main scanning direction, wherein the carriage includes an engagement portion and is held at the holding member in a cantilevered state by the engagement portion, and of the preprocessing head and the postprocessing head, a head having a smaller number of the heads is arranged on an engagement portion side of the carriage. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, further comprising a holding member configured to hold the carriage in a state of being reciprocable in the main scanning direction, wherein the carriage includes an engagement portion and is held at the holding member in a cantilevered state by the engagement portion, and of a head array of the ink heads and the preprocessing head, a head arranged at a side closest to the engagement portion of the carriage is the preprocessing head. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ink sub-tanks configured to supply the ink to each of the plurality of ink heads; and a preprocessing solution sub-tank configured to supply the preprocessing solution to the preprocessing head, wherein the plurality of ink sub-tanks is located on the carriage to be aligned in the main scanning direction, and the preprocessing solution sub-tank is located on the carriage at a position different from the plurality of ink sub-tanks in the conveyance direction.