| US 7,452,051 B2 | ||
| Inkjet recording apparatus | ||
| Tohru Mihara, Ebina (Japan); Hiroaki Satoh, Ebina (Japan); Naoki Morita, Ebina (Japan); Koichi Saitoh, Ebina (Japan); Takamaro Yamashita, Ebina (Japan); and Masao Mashima, Ebina (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/274,998. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-016100 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0164459 A1, Jul. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—22 [347/30; 347/32] | 11 Claims |
| 1. An inkjet recording apparatus that conducts image recording by ejecting ink and a reactive liquid that reacts with the
ink onto a recording medium conveyed by an endless conveyor component, the inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
a dummy ejection controller that dummy-ejects one of the ink and the reactive liquid onto a first position on the endless
conveyor component and dummy-ejects the other of the reactive liquid and the ink onto a second position on the endless conveyor
component where the one of the ink and the reactive liquid is not adherent; and
a cleaning device that cleans the ink and the reactive liquid on the endless conveyor component.
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