WO2004028806A1 - 光硬化型インクの定着装置、定着方法、及び印刷装置 - Google Patents
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- Fixing device fixing method, and printing device for photocurable ink
- the present invention relates to a fixing device, a fixing method, and a printing device for photocurable ink for performing printing using photocurable ink.
- Photocurable inks include ultraviolet curable inks (hereinafter referred to as “UV inks”) that are cured by irradiation with ultraviolet light (hereinafter referred to as “UV (Ultra Violet) light”).
- UV inks ultraviolet curable inks
- UV (Ultra Violet) light ultraviolet light
- a fixing device that irradiates UV light is installed at the latter stage of the printing unit, and the printing paper printed by the UV ink and discharged from the printing unit is transported to the fixing device and printed. The UV light is applied to the printing surface of the paper to cure and fix the UV ink.
- such a fixing device includes an air cooling fan and an exhaust duct for forcibly cooling the heat generated from the UV lamp, a shutter mechanism for opening and closing the fixing device as necessary, and a fixing device for the UV light. Since many components are required, such as a shielding plate to prevent leakage to the outside, the size is generally several times larger than the size of the irradiation surface. In addition, power sources for UV lamps and cooling means also increase the size of the irradiated surface, requiring a power supply of 200 V, for example. .
- ink of a color with low light transmission such as black requires larger curing energy than ink of a color with good light transmission such as yellow and blue. Therefore, as a fixing device, it is necessary to irradiate a curing energy sufficient to cure and fix ink of a color with poor light transmission such as black as a standard. This has led to an increase. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and in a printing process using a light-curable ink, a light-curable ink capable of reducing the light-curing energy required for curing and fixing the light-curable ink. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink fixing device, a fixing method, and a printing device.
- a fixing device for a photocurable ink includes a light source that irradiates fixing light to a recording surface of a recording medium printed with the photocurable ink, and a conveyance path of the printed recording medium.
- a fixing body formed in a columnar shape and capable of transmitting the light for fixing, a conveyance body arranged to face the fixing body across the conveyance path, and the fixing body and the conveyance body.
- the fixing light, which has passed through the fixing member, is applied to a contact portion between the fixing member and the recording surface of the recording medium, and the photocurable ink printed on the recording surface of the recording medium is irradiated with the light. It is characterized by curing and fixing.
- the fixing method of the photocurable ink is a fixing method in which the photocurable ink is disposed in a conveyance path of a printed recording medium, is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is irradiated from a light source.
- a recording medium printed with a photo-curing ink while nipping a fixing member capable of transmitting light for use with a conveying member disposed opposite to the fixing member with the conveying path interposed therebetween by pressing means.
- the fixing member is conveyed to the conveyance path to bring the fixing body into close contact with the recording surface of the recording medium, and the fixing light transmitted through the fixing member is brought into close contact with the fixing body and the recording surface of the recording medium.
- the photocurable ink printed on the recording surface of the recording medium is cured and fixed by irradiating the recording medium.
- a printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints on a recording surface of a recording medium with a light-curable ink, and a fixing light that is printed on the recording surface of the recording medium printed by the printing unit.
- a pressurizing unit for etching the fixing unit and the conveying unit. The recording medium is transported between the fixing unit and the conveying unit which are nipped by the pressing unit.
- the fixing body is brought into close contact with the recording surface of the recording medium, and the fixing light transmitted through the fixing body is radiated to a contact portion between the fixing body and the recording surface of the recording medium.
- Curing the light-curable ink printed on the recording surface of the recording medium Characterized in that to.
- the photocuring reaction is generally inhibited by the oxygen, and the curing of the photocurable ink is hindered by oxygen.
- the recording medium thus conveyed is transported between the fixing body nipped by the pressurizing means and the transport body, and the fixing body and the recording surface of the recording medium are brought into close contact with each other.
- the fixing light transmitted through the fixing body is directly applied to the photocurable ink. That is, since the air (oxygen) is cut off and the photocurable ink on the recording surface is cured and fixed, the photocuring energy required for curing and fixing can be reduced as compared with the case where the photocuring reaction is performed in air.
- the “recording medium” refers to a printing medium on which an image is printed with light-curable ink, and is not limited to printing paper, and may be, for example, cloth, plastic film, or the like. Includes various materials such as sheets, metal plates, ceramics, glass, and wood.
- the fixing body and the transport body are rotatably supported around a rotation axis thereof, and the rotation axis is disposed in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the recording medium on which the printing is performed, and the rotation axis direction May be greater than or equal to the width in a direction orthogonal to the recording medium conveyance direction.
- the fixing body and the recording medium are in line contact along the width direction of the recording surface of the recording medium.
- peripheral speed of the fixing member and the conveying member is equal to the conveying speed of the recording medium on which the printing is performed.
- the light source is disposed outside the fixing body, and the fixing light is incident on the fixing body from a side opposite to a nip portion between the fixing body and the transport body, and is transmitted through the fixing body. Then, the light may be applied to the contact portion between the fixing body and the recording surface of the recording medium.
- the fixing device for the photo-curable ink has a light collecting means for collecting light for fixing, and the light collecting means is arranged between the light source and the fixing body, and is provided from the light source.
- the emitted fixing light may be collected and incident on the fixing member.
- the fixing body is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the light source is disposed inside the fixing body, and the fixing light is transmitted from the inside of the fixing body to record the fixing body and the recording medium. Irradiation may be made to the contact portion with the surface.
- the fixing body is formed of quartz glass having a high transmittance in each wavelength band of an ultraviolet region, a visible light region, and an infrared region, so that light for fixing from a light source is efficiently transmitted, and a recording medium is formed. Can be applied to the recording surface.
- the fixing device for the photo-curable ink includes a drive for rotating and driving the fixing body.
- the fixing body may be configured to convey the recording medium by being rotationally driven by the driving unit.
- the photocurable ink is, for example, an ultraviolet curable radical polymerization ink (UV ink), in which case the fixing light is ultraviolet light.
- UV ink ultraviolet curable radical polymerization ink
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a part of a printing unit and a fixing device in the stencil printing machine shown in FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a fixing device in the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic side view illustrating the stencil printing apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state of curing and fixing of a UV ink by a general fixing device.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a state of light collection of the fixing body and curing and fixing of the UV ink in the fixing device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic side view illustrating a part of a printing unit and a fixing device of the printing apparatus according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic side view illustrating a part of a printing unit and a fixing device of the printing apparatus according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic side view illustrating a part of a printing unit and a fixing device of a printing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view showing a fixing device in an experimental example.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of the fixing device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the fixing device shown in FIG. 9 from the rear side.
- Figures 12A and 12B show the measurement results of the light-collecting effect of the fixing body in Experimental Example 1.
- Fig. 12A is a schematic side view schematically showing the positional relationship
- Fig. 12A shows the case where the receiver is installed directly below the fixing body
- Fig. 12B shows the case where the receiver is installed directly below the fixing body.
- the figure shows a case where the fixing member is removed in this state.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the measurement results of the light collection effect of the fixing body in Experimental Example 1.
- Figs. 14A and 14B are schematic side views schematically showing the positional relationship for measuring the light-gathering effect of the light-gathering means in Experimental Example 2.
- Fig. 14A shows the light-gathering means installed.
- FIG. 12B shows a case in which the light collecting means is removed.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing measurement results of the light-collecting effect by the light-collecting means in Experimental Example 2.
- Fig. 16 shows the post-printing post-printing paper in Experimental Example 3, where it is irradiated with UV light while being transported between the fixing body and the press roller to cure and fix the UV ink on the printing surface. It is the schematic perspective view shown.
- Fig. 17 is a photographic image of the printing surface of postcard paper after the friction test using the clock meter of Case 1 in Experimental Example 3.
- Figure 18 is a photographic image of the printing surface of postcard paper after a friction test with the clock meter of Case 2 in Experimental Example 3.
- Fig. 19 is a photographic image of the printing surface of postcard paper after the friction test with the clock meter of case 3 in Experimental Example 3.
- FIGS. 20A and 20B are enlarged photographic images of the portion of Case 3 shown in FIG.
- Figures 21A and 21B are enlarged photographic images of Experimental Example 3 with the friction added in Case 2 shown in Figure 18.
- FIGS. 22A and 22B are enlarged photographic images of the portion of Example 3 to which friction was applied in Case 3 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 23 is a schematic side view illustrating a belt conveying means. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- the fixing device 70a of the photocurable ink according to the first embodiment is disposed, for example, after the printing unit 3 of the stencil printing device as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the fixing device 70a and a part of the printing unit 3 in the stencil printing device shown in FIG. 3, and
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the fixing device 70a. .
- the stencil printing apparatus includes, as main components, a document reading unit 1, a plate making unit 2, a printing unit 3, a paper feeding unit 4, a paper discharging unit 5, and a plate discharging unit. 6, etc., and a fixing device 70 a is disposed downstream of the printing unit 3.
- the document reading unit 1 includes a document setting table 10 on which a document to be printed is placed, a reflection-type document sensor 11 for detecting the presence of a document on the document setting table 10, and a document setting table 1.
- a contact-type image sensor 16 that optically reads the image of the conveyed document and converts the read image data into an electrical signal, and a document discharge that places the document discharged from the document set table 10 It has a tray 17. Then, the original placed on the original set table 10 is transported by the pair of original transport rollers 13 and 14, and the image of the transported original is read by the image sensor 16.
- the stencil making section 2 includes a document storage section 19 for accommodating a rolled long stencil sheet 18, a thermal head 20 disposed downstream of the document storage section 19 in the conveyance direction, and a server.
- It has a light pulse motor 23 for rotating and driving the document feed rolls 22, and a base paper cutter 24 disposed downstream of the pair of document feed rolls 22 in the transport direction.
- a long stencil sheet 18 is conveyed by rotation of the platen roll 21 and the document feed roll 22, and each point heat of the thermal head 20 is generated based on image data read by the image sensor 16.
- the stencil paper 18 is heated and perforated to make a stencil by the body selectively generating heat, and the stencil paper 18 thus formed is cut by a stencil cutter 24 to form a stencil paper 18 of a predetermined length. Make it.
- the printing unit 3 has an outer peripheral portion formed of an ink-permeable member having a porous structure.
- the printing cylinder 26 rotates in a direction indicated by an arrow A in FIG. 3 by the driving force of the main motor 25.
- the stencil sheet 18 is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the stencil sheet 26 by detecting the stencil clamp section 27 for clamping the leading end of the stencil sheet 18 and the detection piece 28 a of the plate cylinder 26.
- the base paper detection sensor 28 detects the presence or absence of the sheet, and the reference position of the plate cylinder 26 is detected by detecting the detection piece 29 of the plate cylinder 26.
- the printing unit 3 has a squeegee roll 32 arranged inside the plate cylinder 26 and a doctor roll 33 arranged close to the squeegee roll 32, and the squeegee roll 32 and the doctor roll 33 are provided.
- An ultraviolet light-curable radical polymerization ink (hereinafter referred to as UV ink) 34 which is cured by a chemical change caused by irradiation of ultraviolet light, is stored in an outer peripheral space surrounded by.
- the UV ink 34 attached to the outer periphery of the rotating squeegee nozzle 32 passes through the gap with the doctor roll 33.
- a press port 35 is provided at a position facing the squeegee roll 32 and at an outer peripheral position of the plate cylinder 26, and the press roll 35 is driven by a driving force of the solenoid device 36.
- 6 is configured to be displaceable between a pressing position for pressing the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 26 and a standby position separated from the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 26.
- the press roll 35 is displaced from the standby position to the pressing position in synchronization with the paper feeding operation from the paper supply unit 4, and is located at the pressing position only when the printing paper 37 passes through the lower part of the plate cylinder 26. At other times, it is in the standby position.
- the plate cylinder 26 is rotated so that the stencil sheet 18 is moved to the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 26.
- the printing paper 3, which is wound around the printing cylinder and conveyed from the paper feeding section 4 in synchronization with the rotation of the printing cylinder 26, is pressed against the stencil sheet 18 of the printing cylinder 26 by a press roll 35.
- the UV ink 34 is transferred to the stencil paper 18 from the perforations of the stencil sheet 18 and the image is printed.
- the paper feed unit 4 is composed of a paper feed tray 38 on which the printing paper 37 is loaded, and the primary paper rolls 39, 40, and primary that transport only the uppermost printing paper 37 from the paper feed tray 38.
- a pair of secondary paper feed rolls 41 which transport the printing paper 37 transported by the paper feed rolls 39, 40 between the plate cylinder 26 and the press rolls 35 in synchronization with the rotation of the plate cylinder 26,
- the rotation of the main motor 25 is selectively transmitted to the primary paper feed rolls 39, 40 via a paper feed clutch 43.
- the printing paper 37 printed by the printing unit 3 is separated from the plate cylinder 26 by the paper separating claws 44, and is conveyed to the fixing device 70 a by a pair of conveying rolls 78. Then, the UV ink 34 printed on the printing paper 37 becomes the fixing device 70a. Cured 'Fixed. The detailed configuration of the fixing device 70a will be described later.
- the UV ink 34 on the printing surface is hardened by the fixing device 70a.
- the fixed printing paper 37 is discharged from the conveyance path 45 to the discharge table 46 of the discharge section 5.
- a pair of side fences 59, 60 and end fuence 61, which are discharge fences, are provided on the discharge tray 46.
- the plate discharging section 6 is composed of a pair of plate discharging rolls 47 for transporting the used stencil sheet 18 from the plate cylinder 26 while peeling it off, and a plate discharging motor 4 for rotating the plate discharging roll 47.
- It has a stencil discharge sensor 50 for detecting whether or not the stencil sheet 18 has been conveyed to the stencil discharge box 49 by the stencil discharge roll 47.
- the fixing device 70 a is disposed at a subsequent stage of the printing unit 3, and is a printing device in which an image is printed with UV ink (photo-curable ink) 34.
- UV lamp (light source) 7 1 that irradiates UV light (fixing light) on the printing surface (recording surface) of paper (recording medium) 3 7, and UV placed above the transport path of printing paper 3 7
- a fixing member 74 a that can transmit UV light and is disposed between the lamp 71 and the printing paper 37, a motor 77 that rotates the fixing member 74 a, and a conveyance path for the printing paper 37 are sandwiched.
- Press roller that is placed opposite to fixing body 7 4a and is conveyed on the conveyance path by the driving force of solenoid device 7 6 (pressing means)
- the printing paper 37 is moved on the conveyance path while being pressed by the press roller 75 with the fixing body 74 a by the driving force of the solenoid device 76.
- the UV light is transmitted through the fixing body 74 a to irradiate the contact area between the fixing body 74 a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37, thereby printing on the printing surface of the printing paper 37. Cure and fix UV ink 34.
- the UV lamp 71 is a lamp that emits UV light, and for example, a xenon flash lamp, a metal halide lamp, a mercury lamp, or the like is used. Ma In addition, the UV lamp 71 may be a tubular lamp, a spherical lamp, or a lamp of another shape. It is desirable that the reflector 73 be provided in order to efficiently reflect the UV light emitted by the UV lamp 71 toward the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the UV lamp 71 is disposed outside the fixing member 74 a, and UV light is incident on the fixing member 74 a from the side opposite to the ep portion of the fixing member 74 a and the press roller 75 to fix the fixing member 74 a. The light is transmitted through 74 a and irradiates the contact portion between the fixing body 74 a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the fixing member 74 a and the press roller 75 have a cylindrical shape, and the rotation axis direction is arranged along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printing paper 37. And the total length is equal to or greater than the width of the printing paper 37 in the transport direction. As a result, the fixing body 74a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37 come into close contact with each other in line contact in the entire width direction.
- the fixing member 74a is made of a material that can transmit light in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelength bands, that is, in the 200 nm to 1300 nm frequency band. More preferably, the fixing member 74a is formed of, for example, quartz glass, which can transmit light in a frequency band including an ultraviolet region of 200 nm to 500 nm.
- the fixing member 74a is configured to be rotatable about its rotation axis, and is rotated by a motor 77 at a peripheral speed equivalent to the conveying speed of the printing paper 37 to convey the printing paper 37. I do.
- the fixing device 70 a configured as described above transports the printing paper 37 while nipping the printing paper 37 between the fixing body 74 a and the press roller 75 by the driving force of the solenoid device 76.
- the UV light is transmitted through the fixing member 74a while irradiating the contact portion between the fixing member 74a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the UV ink 34 of the printing paper 37 at the portion of the printing paper 37 that is etched by the press roller 75 and the fixing member 74 a comes into close contact with the fixing member 74 a, so that the air (oxygen) at the contact portion is shut off.
- Air (oxygen) because UV light is directly irradiated on UV ink 34
- the irradiation energy of UV light of the UV lamp 71 required for curing and fixing can be reduced as compared with the case of curing and fixing in the middle.
- the fixing member 74a since the fixing member 74a has a cylindrical shape that produces a light-collecting effect, the UV light emitted from the UV lamp 71 and incident on the fixing member 74a is incident on the incident side. Is focused near the contact area between the fixing body 74 a and the printing paper 37 on the opposite side, synergistically with the oxygen blocking effect of the press roller 75 and the fixing body 74 a, and more efficiently UV ink 3 4 curing 'fixing is promoted. Therefore, if the irradiation time is the same, the curing and fixing of the UV ink 34 can be performed even if the UV lamp 71 having a smaller irradiation energy is used. When the lamp 71 is used, the UV ink 34 can be cured and fixed in a shorter time than before. Therefore, the cost spent for light emission and cooling can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.
- UV light from the UV lamp 71 placed outside the body 74a is transmitted through the fixing body 74a and irradiates the contact area between the fixing body 74a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the UV ink 34 can be cured and fixed smoothly. Therefore, the visual quality of the printed matter is also improved.
- the fixing device 70b is disposed at the subsequent stage of the printing unit 3, and the printing paper (recording) on which the image is printed with the UV ink (light curable ink) 34 is provided.
- Medium) 37 A UV lamp (light source) 71 that irradiates UV light (fixing light) on the printing surface (recording surface) of 7, and a fixing device that can transmit UV light placed on the transport path of printing paper 37 Body 7 b, a motor 7 7 for rotating and driving the fixing body 7 4 b, and printing paper conveyed on the conveyance path which is disposed opposite to the fixing body 7 4 b with the conveyance path of the printing paper 37 interposed therebetween.
- the fixing device includes a fixing roller 74 b and a press roller (transporting member) 75 that nips the fixing member 37 with the driving force of a solenoid device 76 (pressing means). Further, a shielding plate 92 for preventing the UV light from leaking to the printing paper 37 before the UV ink 34 is cured and fixed is provided.
- the fixing member 74b is formed in a cylindrical shape with, for example, quartz glass or the like that can transmit UV light, and is configured so that the UV lamp 71 is disposed inside the cylinder. Then, while the printing paper 37 is conveyed on the conveyance path while the printing paper 37 is being eclipsed with the fixing member 74 b by the press roller 75 by the driving force of the solenoid device 76, the UV light from the UV lamp 71 is fixed to the fixing member 74 b. The UV ink 34 printed on the printing surface of the printing paper 37 is cured and fixed by irradiating the fixing member 74 b and the printing paper 37 on the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the UV ink 34 on the printing paper 37 at the portion nipped by the press roller 75 and the fixing member 74b is in close contact with the fixing member 74b, so that air (oxygen) in the contact portion is removed. Since UV light is directly radiated to UV ink 34 when cut off, UV energy required for curing and fixing can be reduced compared to curing and fixing in air (oxygen). Furthermore, since the UV lamp 71 is disposed in the fixing member 74b ⁇ to reduce the irradiation distance between the UV lamp 71 and the printing paper 37, the irradiation energy of the UV lamp 71 can be reduced.
- the third embodiment is made in order to make the first embodiment more efficient.
- UV light incident on the fixing member 74a is used as a light receiving area of the fixing member 74a, that is, a diameter of the fixing member 74a.
- the incident angle of the UV light incident on the fixing member 74a is increased, and the focal point is moved closer to the outer periphery of the fixing member 74a. This is to increase the amount of UV light applied to the contact portion between a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37.
- the fixing device 70c according to the third embodiment is obtained by adding the light collecting means 80 to the fixing device 70a according to the first embodiment as shown in FIG.
- Other components are the same as those of the fixing device 70a according to the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the condensing means 80 is provided between the UV lamp 71 and the fixing member 74a, and refracts and condenses the UV light radiated from the UV lamp 71 to form a fixing member 74a. Then, UV light is made incident at a larger angle than in the first embodiment. With this configuration, the condensing unit 80 increases the UV light incident on the fixing member 74a and changes the incident angle of the UV light incident on the fixing member 74a to a large angle. As a result, the focal point moves in a direction closer to the outer periphery of the fixing member 74 a, and the UV light irradiates the contact portion between the fixing member 74 a and the printing surface of the printing paper 37. Increase.
- the UV ink 34 of the printing paper 37 at the portion nipped by the press roller 75 and the fixing member 74 a is in close contact with the fixing member 74 a because it is in close contact with the fixing member 74 a. Since the air (oxygen) in the portion is shut off and UV light having a higher energy density than the first embodiment is applied, the UV light irradiation energy of the UV lamp 71 required for curing and fixing can be further reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a view schematically showing a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the printing apparatus shown in FIG. 8 is an ink jet head 8 6 ⁇ which discharges UV ink 34. And a fixing device 70d.
- the fixing device 70 d is disposed after the ink jet head 86, and the fixing member 74 d and the fixing member 74 d on which an image is formed on the outer peripheral surface by the UV ink (photo-curable ink) 34.
- the UV light (fixing light) irradiates the UV light (fixing light) to the contact area of the printing paper (recording medium) 37 onto which the image formed on the outer peripheral surface is transferred with the printing surface (recording surface) 7 1
- the printing paper 37 which is arranged to face the fixing member 74 d with the conveyance path for the printing paper 37 interposed therebetween and is conveyed along the conveyance path, is fixed by the driving force of a solenoid device (pressing means) 76.
- the fixing member 74 d and the press roller 75 have a cylindrical shape, and their rotation axes are arranged along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printing paper 37, and the printing paper 37 It has a total length equal to or greater than the width in the transport direction of, and is supported rotatably around its rotation axis.
- the fixing member 74 d is formed in a cylindrical shape with, for example, quartz glass or the like that can transmit UV light, and is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 74 d upstream of a nip portion with the press roller 75.
- the ejection ports of the ink jet head 86 are arranged at opposing positions.
- the fixing member 74 d When performing the printing operation, the fixing member 74 d is rotated by the motor 93 in the direction of the arrow (counterclockwise) shown in FIG. 8, and the UV ink 34 from the inkjet head 86 is fixed to the fixing member 74 d.
- the image is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 74 d on the upstream side of the nip portion of the press roller 75, and an image (front / reverse image) is formed.
- the inkjet head 86 and the motor 93 are controlled by a control unit (not shown), and the fixing member 74 d is driven to rotate in accordance with the operation of the inkjet head 86.
- the inkjet head 86 is a serial head type, Any type of head may be used, and the description is omitted because it is technically known. Then, the printing paper 37 is etched with the press roller 75 driven by the solenoid device 76 and the fixing member 74 d, and the fixing member 74 d and the printing paper 37 are brought into close contact with each other, thereby fixing the fixing member 7. The image formed on the outer peripheral surface of 4d is transferred to the printing paper 37.
- the UV ink 34 not transferred to the printing surface of the printing paper 37 slides on the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 74 d. It is removed by the cleaning unit 90 and discharged to a waste ink discharge unit (not shown). Further, in order to promote the transfer and removal of the UV ink 34, the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 74d may be subjected to a UV light transmissive anti-adhesion film.
- FIGS. 9 to 11 are schematic diagrams showing the configuration of the fixing device 70e experimentally manufactured for the experiment.
- the fixing device 70 e is composed of an ultraviolet ray generating section and an optical fiber, and irradiates the UV light generated by the ultraviolet ray generating section from the tip of the optical fiber 72 to the fixing device 70 e. 4 e, a motor 96 for rotating and driving the fixing body 74 e, and a printing paper which is arranged to face the fixing body 74 e and is conveyed on the conveyance path and is driven by the solenoid device 98 to drive the printing paper. 74 e and a press roller 97 that nips.
- the fixing device 70 e is a power supply device 82, And a main body and a UV sensor device (UV light meter) 81.
- UV sensor device 81 an “ultraviolet light meter UIT-150” (Shisho Electric Co., Ltd.) was used.
- a UV generator 72 "ACTICUREMODELA4000” (EFOS Inc.) was used.
- the fixing member 74e uses a quartz glass rod having a diameter of 30 mm, and the material of the press roller 97 is POM (Polyoxymethylene; polyacetal).
- the press roller 97 was removed from the fixing device 70 e, and as shown in FIG. Is placed between the fixing member 74 e and the press roller 97, that is, the fixing member 74 e is irradiated from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72, passes through the fixing member 74 e, and is fixed to the printing paper 37. The irradiation energy of the UV light condensed on the contact portion with the printing surface of the sample was measured.
- the irradiation energy of the UV light transmitted through the fixing body 74 e and received by the receiver is 175.0 J (in the case of Fig. 12A), whereas the fixing body 74 e
- the irradiation energy of the UV light directly received by the photodetector after removal was 25.5 J (in the case of Fig. 12B).
- the UV light emitted from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72 is irradiated with the UV light emitted from the end of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72 by the fixing body 74 e and the press roller 97 due to the focusing effect of the fixing body 74 e having a cylindrical shape. It can be seen that the irradiating energy is different by an order of magnitude.
- the same fixing device 70e as in Experimental Example 1 was used. Then, the press roller 97 was removed, the focusing means 80 was installed as shown in Fig. 14A, and the receiver was installed at the gap between the fixing body 74e and the press roller 97.
- the focusing means 80 is a convex lens made of quartz glass, with a focal length of 770 mm, a diameter of 4 mm and a length of 210 mm.
- the irradiation energy of the UV light received by the receiver when the focusing means 80 is installed is 35.0 J (in the case of Fig. 14A)
- the irradiation energy of the UV light received by the light receiver when the light means 80 was removed was 10.2 J (in the case of Fig. 12B).
- the UV light emitted from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72 is collected by the light-collecting means 80, and the mounting body 74e and the press roller It can be seen that the light is focused on the nip of 97 and the irradiation energy is increasing.
- print images as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 were printed on postcard papers 37 a, 37 b, and 37 c using UV ink 34.
- RISO MEISTER CP150 (Riso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) was used as a printing device for printing.
- post-printing papers 37 a, 37 b, and 37 c immediately after printing were applied to the fixing body 74 under the conditions shown in Table 1 using a fixing device 70 e. While being conveyed between e and the press roller 97, UV light was irradiated to cure and fix the UV ink 34 on the printing surface of the postcard paper 37a, 37, 37c.
- the distance from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72 to the contact portion between the fixing member 74 e and the press roller 75 was set to 200 mm. (It was irradiated from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72. Distance for UV light to irradiate the entire length of the fixing body 74e).
- “transport speed” is the speed at which the mounting body 74 e rotated and driven by the motor 96 transports the postcard papers 37 a, 37 b, and 37 c.
- Irradiation energy is measured from the tip of the optical fiber of the UV generator 72 near the contact area between the fixing body 74 e and the press roller 97 (the position where the photodetector shown in Fig. 12A is moved 60 mm in the horizontal direction).
- the irradiation energy of UV light that is irradiated and directly received by the receiver.
- the "pressing force of the press roller” is such that the press roller 97 nips postcard paper 37a, 37b, and 37c to the fixing body 74e. Power.
- each postcard paper 37a, 37b, 37c is rubbed back and forth three times with a clock meter (not shown) to observe the transfer and peeling of the UV ink 34. did.
- the clock meter used was “CROCK METER MODEL CM-1” (ATLAS ELECTRIC DEVICE CO.). 20 to 22 are enlarged photographic images of the portions of postcard paper 37a, 37b, 37c to which friction has been applied by the clock meter.
- FIGS. 20A and 2OB are enlarged photographic images of Case 1.
- the UV ink 34 that has not been cured and is not fixed is peeled off from the fibers of the printed portion of the postcard paper 37a by the friction of the clock meter, and the other fibers are removed. It can be seen that it has been transferred to both ends of.
- Figures 21A and 2IB are enlarged photographic images of Case 2, where the UV ink 34 peeled from the fibers in the printing area of the postcard paper 37b and transferred to other fibers due to the friction of the clock meter. It is hardened and fixed.
- FIGS. 22A and 22B are enlarged photographic images of Case 3, in which UV ink 34 that has peeled off from the fibers of the printed portion of postcard paper 37c or has been transferred to other fibers is slightly visible. Despite peeling and transfer compared to Case 1. Based on the above, the stronger the force (pressing force of the press roller 97) for nipping the postcard paper 37a, 37b, 37c by the press roller 97 and the fixing body 74e, the more the UV ink 34 is cured and fixed. It is understood that it is done.
- the fixing device is incorporated in the printing device.
- the fixing device and the printing device may have independent configurations.
- the fixing members 74a, 74b, 74c and the printing surface of the printing paper 37 may be brought into close contact with each other by pressurizing means for driving b, 74c.
- the example of the press roller 75 is described as a transport member provided at a position opposite to the fixing members 74a, 74b, and 74c across the transport path of the recording medium.
- Belt conveying means 65 may be configured by such pulleys 66, belts 67, support portions 68 and the like.
- a stencil printing device and an ink jet head type printing device have been exemplified as the printing unit 3 for printing on the printing surface of the printing paper 37 with the UV ink 34, but a printing device or printing method capable of printing with UV ink has been described.
- the present invention can be applied to various printing apparatuses or printing methods such as intaglio, letterpress, and lithographic printing plates.
- the light irradiation energy required for curing and fixing the photocurable ink can be reduced.
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