Ink jet recorder

摘要

An ink jet recorder includes a support unit configured to support a recording medium, and a mobile unit including a plurality of containers containing inks of identical composition and a head configured to eject the ink supplied from any one of the plurality of containers. The ink jet recorder is configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

主权项

1. An ink jet recorder comprising:
a support unit configured to support a recording medium; a container containing a UV curable ink; a mobile unit including a head configured to eject the UV curable ink supplied from the container; a case that covers the mobile unit to prevent the UV curable ink on an ink ejecting face of the head from exposing an external light; a tube that connects the container and the head; a cap that covers the ink ejecting face of the head; an ink tray that receives the UV curable ink from the head during a flushing operation, wherein the ink jet recorder does not have a heating unit that heats the UV curable ink to lower the viscosity, the ink jet recorder being configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the UV curable ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the mobile unit is in a longitudinal shape extending in the first direction, the container and the cap are located in one end of the mobile unit, and the ink tray is located in the other end of the mobile unit.