Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

摘要

According to an aspect of the present invention, by switching off the provisional curing device on the rear side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, droplet ejection is carried out without performing provisional curing of the ink immediately after droplet ejection. The provisional curing of the ink is carried out by the provisional curing device on the front side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, during scanning in the opposite direction to that during droplet ejection.

主权项

1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
a carriage which is equipped with: an emission unit which emits an active light beam; and an image forming unit which forms an image by inkjet ejection of color ink, clear ink, and white ink that are cured by the active light beam, wherein the carriage has a scanning device which bi-directionally scans a recording medium in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, and the emission unit includes provisional curing devices which are provided on both sides of the image forming unit in the scanning direction, and a main curing device which is provided on a downstream side of the conveyance direction of the recording medium, the inkjet recording apparatus further comprising a control unit which implements, when the color ink is ejected, droplet ejection of the color ink while switching on the provisional curing device on a front side in the main scanning direction, and switching off, immediately after the droplet ejection, the provisional curing device on a rear side in the main scanning direction.