IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD

摘要

To enhance an image quality by preventing the non-uniformity of an image recorded with photo-curing ink. This image recording device comprises a recording head for recording an image by jetting photo-curing ink onto a recording medium, and a pair of light irradiation units for curing ink by applying a ultraviolet ray to ink landed on a recording medium. The image recording device comprises recording heads arranged along a scanning direction perpendicularly crossing the carrying direction of a recording medium held between recording heads and a carriage mounting thereon a pair of light irradiation units for reciprocatingly scanning in a scanning direction. A total of ink jetting amounts within a reference range on a go travel and on a return travel during carriage reciprocating operations is constant, and a ultraviolet ray is applied by a light irradiation unit to ink landed on a recording medium at the same timing on a go travel and on a return travel.