Ink jet printing method and ink jet printing apparatus
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Takeuchi, Akihiro Tsukada, Takashi Namiki
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Abstract
A printed material having excellent smoothness is provided even when a resin ink is used. An ink jet printing method uses an ink jet printing apparatus 1 including a head 5, and a printing platen 2 for heating a medium 100 from a back side of a surface of the medium 100, wherein the ink contains a solvent, a colorant and a resin, in which the resin is emulsionized or suspended. The ink jet printing method includes a drying step in which the ink is dried by the printing platen 2 after the ink is landed onto the medium 100.
Claims9
An ink jet printing method using an ink jet printing apparatus comprising a head provided with a nozzle for discharging an ink onto a recording medium, and a heating means for heating the recording medium from a back side of a surface of the recording medium, which faces a surface of the head on which the nozzle is provided,
- wherein the ink contains a solvent, a colorant and a resin, in which the resin is emulsionized or suspended, and the ink is dried to form a coating,
- the ink jet printing method comprising:
- a drying step, in which the ink is dried by the heating means after the ink is landed on the recording medium;
- and
- an after-heating step, for heating the recording medium from the back side of the surface onto which the ink is landed at a downstream position from the heating means;
- wherein the ink jet printing apparatus further comprises:
- a blower, being disposed above the heating means and the blower blows an air to the surface of the recording medium onto which the ink is landed;
- wherein the blower has no means for heating the air.
An ink jet printing apparatus, comprising:
- a head provided with a nozzle for discharging an ink onto a recording medium, wherein the ink contains a solvent, a colorant and a resin, in which the resin is emulsionized or suspended, and the ink is dried to form a coating;
- a heating means for heating the recording medium from a back side of a surface of the recording medium, which faces a surface of the head on which the nozzle is provided;
- an after-heating means, for heating the recording medium from the back side of the surface onto which the ink is landed at a downstream position from the heating means;
- and
- a blower, being disposed above the heating means and the blower blows an air to the surface of the recording medium onto which the ink is landed;
- wherein the blower has no means for heating the air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.