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Image forming method, ink-jet recording method and instruments used in such methods

US6238045A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1998
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/2114
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An image forming method to apply an ink to a printing medium includes applying a liquid composition having a polarity different from a polarity of the ink to an image forming region formed by the ink and the vicinity of the image forming region on the printing medium prior to the application of the ink, wherein a surface tension of the liquid composition is higher than that of the ink.

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