Ink jet type recording apparatus and method.

摘要

An ink jet recording apparatus and method has an ink jet head (16) which includes a housing (20) made of a material having a high coefficient of thermal conductivity, including at least one heat source (27), and arranged so as to confront a recording medium (10); an ink holding member (33) is arranged inside the housing (20), the ink holding member (33) transmitting heat generated by the heat source (27) to melt a solid-phase ink (32) put into the housing (20) for holding the molten ink by capillary action; a nozzle formed member (21) being part of the ink holding member (33) and having at least one nozzle orifice (22) arranged so as to confront the recording medium (10). A pressure generating member (24) is arranged within the ink holding member (33) for generating a pressure which causes ink near the nozzle orifice (22) to jet in the form of ink drops. The ink jet recording method is achieved by the apparatus thus constructed.