Ink jet printer and method of ink jet printing
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorHiroaki HOUJOU
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Abstract
An ink jet printer prints an image by ejecting ink on recording medium. Information of an ink volume of the ink for application to the recording medium, for example, dot number, is specified. A first dryer dries the recording medium before forming the image. A memory stores a data table of a relationship between the ink volume and a drive condition of the dryer. A drive condition determiner determines a drive condition of the dryer from the ink volume according to the data table read from the memory. A CPU controls the dryer in the drive condition determined by the drive condition determiner. Preferably, the drive condition determiner, if the ink volume is lower than a first tolerable amount causing occurrence of cockle on the recording medium, disables the dryer.
Claims19
An ink jet printer for printing an image by ejecting ink on recording medium, comprising:
- an information retriever for specifying information of an ink volume of said ink for application to said recording medium;
- a first dryer for drying said recording medium before forming said image;
- a memory for storing a relationship between said ink volume and a drive condition of said first dryer;
- a drive condition determiner for determining a drive condition of said first dryer from said ink volume according to said relationship read from said memory;
- a controller for controlling said first dryer in said drive condition determined by said drive condition determiner.
An ink jet printing method of printing an image by ejecting ink on recording medium, comprising steps of:
- specifying information of an ink volume of said ink for application to said recording medium;
- determining a drive condition of a first dryer from said ink volume according to a relationship between said ink volume and a drive condition of said first dryer;
- in a first drying step, drying said recording medium in said first dryer before forming said image in said drive condition determined by said drive condition determining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.