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US 8,573,768 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToru Onishi, Sachi Matsui
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Abstract
In a transfer inkjet recording system, a cooling unit is configured to independently cool multiple locations in a region in which an intermediate image of an intermediate transfer medium is formed in accordance with one of a temperature of the intermediate transfer medium after being heated by a heating unit or in accordance with image data.
Claims18
A recording apparatus, comprising:
- an intermediate transfer medium;
- a recording head configured to apply ink to the intermediate transfer medium in accordance with image data to form an intermediate image;
- a heating unit configured to heat the intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer medium;
- a transfer unit configured to transfer the intermediate image heated by the heating unit to a recording medium;
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- a cooling unit configured to cool the intermediate transfer medium heated by the heating unit,
- wherein the cooling unit is further configured to cool multiple locations of the intermediate transfer medium independently in accordance with the temperature of the intermediate transfer medium after being heated by the heating unit or in accordance with the image data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.