Image forming apparatus and image forming method
US8944556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/2117
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase.
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