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US 2008/0074484 A1Published application
Printing apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroto SUGAHARA
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroto SUGAHARA
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A printing apparatus includes an ink-jet head which has a nozzle surface opened with a plurality of nozzle holes for discharging the UV-curable ink curable by ultraviolet light, toward a recording medium; a UV light source unit which is provided integrally with the ink-jet head and which irradiates the ultraviolet light toward the recording medium; a wiper which wipes the nozzle surface of the ink-jet head; and an ink-absorbing member provided between the ink-jet head and the UV light source unit. Since the UV-curable ink, which is wiped by the wiper, is absorbed by the ink-absorbing member, it is possible to prevent the light-outgoing surface of the UV light source unit from any adhesion of the UV-curable ink. Accordingly, the ultraviolet light can be uniformly irradiated from the UV light source unit, and it is possible to improve the printing quality with the UV-curable ink.
A printing apparatus which performs printing with a UV-curable ink curable by ultraviolet light, the printing apparatus comprising:
A printing apparatus which performs printing with a UV-curable ink curable by ultraviolet light, the printing apparatus comprising:
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