US 2008/0174650 A1 · INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS

Abstract

The invention is directed to an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a recording medium transport unit as defined herein; a full-line ink-jet head as defined herein; and an ultraviolet light illumination unit as defined herein, wherein the ultraviolet light illumination unit comprises an aperture-type hot-cathode tube, or an ultraviolet-setting ink-jet recording apparatus including: a recording medium transport unit as defined herein; and ink-jet head as defined herein; and an ultraviolet light illumination unit as defined herein, wherein: the ultraviolet light illumination unit comprises plural aperture-type hot-cathode tubes and apertures of at least one set of aperture-type hot-cathode tubes are rotated so that an overlap of their illumination regions is increased.

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Dependent claims

An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:

a recording medium transport unit for transporting a recording medium;
a full-time ink-jet head whose length is approximately equal to a width of the recording medium, for discharging ink that can be set when illuminated with ultraviolet light toward the recording medium being transported by the recording medium transport unit on the basis of an image signal;
and an ultraviolet light illumination unit for setting the ink that has been discharged and placed on the recording medium by the full-line ink-jet head, wherein:
the ultraviolet light illumination unit comprises an aperture-type hot-cathode tube.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Ink-jet recording apparatus

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