# US 2015/0103124 A1 · Image recording device and image recording method

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- Number: US 2015/0103124 A1
- Document ID: US20150103124A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/572,577
- Filed: 2014-12-16
- Published: 2015-04-16
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-16
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Atsushi IMAMURA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150103124A1

## CPC

- B41J 11/00214: {using UV radiation}
- B41J 11/006: {Means for preventing paper jams or for facilitating their removal}
- B41J 11/0095: {Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end}
- B41J 15/00: Devices or arrangements {of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers,} specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
- B41J 15/04: Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
- B41J 2203/011: Inspecting the shape or condition, e.g. wrinkled or warped, of a medium to be printed before printing on it
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

An arrival of a joint member at a detection position provided at an upstream side of a recording unit on a transportation path is detected. A second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, is longer than a first distance, which is a distance of a transportation of the continuous medium in the case where, because of an existence of a liquid already landed on an area of the continuous medium at the detection time, the area being located at a position being on the transportation path and facing the recording unit, the continuous medium is transported during a period until at least hardening of the liquid is completed by a light radiation portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image recording device comprising:
a transportation portion that transports a continuous medium along a transportation path, the continuous medium being formed by means of jointing a plurality of media with at least one joint member;
a recording unit that includes a recording head facing the transportation path, and carries out recording operation of recording an image on the continuous medium by ejecting a photocurable liquid from the recording unit onto the continuous medium in a state of being transported along the transportation path;
a light radiation portion that is arranged at a downstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path and hardens the liquid which is ejected on the continuous medium; and
a position detection portion that detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at a detection position which is located at an upstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path,
wherein the position detection portion, the recording head and the light radiation portion are arranged along the transportation path such that a second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, becomes longer than a first distance, which is a distance from the recording head to the light radiation portion along the transportation path.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image recording device according to claim 1, wherein the light radiation portion is a light source for a full hardening of the liquid which is ejected on the continuous medium.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The image recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording unit has a plurality of the recording heads along the transportation path, and the second distance is a distance from the detection position to one of the plurality of the recording heads which is located at the most upstream side on the transportation path.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image recording device according to claim 1, wherein the light radiation portion has a plurality of UV light sources along the transportation path, and the first distance is a distance from the recording head to one of the plurality of the UV light sources which is located at the most downstream side on the transportation path.