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Method of producing recorded product (printed product) and image forming apparatus

US8011781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 2007
Grant dateSep 6, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/0057
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of forming an image, which allows a high quality image to be formed on an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer with an ink-repelling property, and then to be transferred at a high transfer rate, and provides an image forming apparatus therefor. In the embodiment of the present invention, an ink image is formed on the intermediate transfer body, on the surface of which an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having surface tension in a range between more than 0 times and not more than 1.1 times of that of the oil are present. Subsequently, the formed ink image is transferred to a recording medium.

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