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AssigneeKonica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
InventorAtsushi Nakajima
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An ink jet recording apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a UV ink jet recording head fitted with a nozzle to eject UV ink; a capping member to cap an ejection plane of the nozzle; a cleaning member which comes into contact with the ejection plane of the nozzle to clean the ejection plane of the nozzle; a piping member to supply a UV ink to the UV ink jet recording or to discharge the UV ink; and an ink tank member to supply the UV ink to the UV ink jet recording head or store discharge ink, in which apparatus, a weight variation ratio of at least one of the capping member, the cleaning member, the piping member and the tank member, which is determined by an immersion test in the UV ink, is less than 50 percent.
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
A capping member to cap an ejection plane of the nozzle of a UV ink jet recording head, wherein a weight variation ratio of the capping member, which is determined by an immersion test in the UV ink, is less than 50 percent.
A cleaning member which comes into contact with the ejection plane of the nozzle of a UV ink jet recording head fitted with a nozzle to eject UV ink and carries out cleaning of the ejection plane of the nozzle, wherein a weight variation ratio of the cleaning member, which is determined by an immersion test in the UV ink, is less than 50 percent.
A piping member supplying UV ink to a UV ink jet recording head fitted with a nozzle to eject the UV ink or to discharge it, wherein a weight variation ratio of the piping member, which is determined by an immersion test in the UV ink, is less than 50 percent.
An ink tank member supplying UV ink to a UV ink jet recording head fitted with a nozzle to eject the UV ink or storing discharged ink, wherein a weight variation ratio of the ink tank member, which is determined by an immersion test in the UV ink, is less than 10 percent.
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