| abstract |
An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording apparatus and a recording method that can prevent jetting defect, due to ink that adhered to recording head being cured, and conduct image recording with high resolution, by suppressing light that reaches the recording head to a required limit. The ink jet recording apparatus includes recording head to jet photo-curable ink on recording medium, ultraviolet ray irradiating device to irradiate ultraviolet ray to the ink jetted from the recording head, width detecting sensor to detect recording region, and control part to control the ultraviolet ray irradiating device to suppress amount of light that is irradiated from the ultraviolet ray irradiating device and rounds into the recording head side, to an extent so that the ink is not cured, in a region other than the recording region detected by the width detecting sensor. |