Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Satoshi Mohri

Hiroaki Satoh

Toru Nishida

Masahiko Sekimoto

Hiroshi Ikeda

Akira Mihara

Koichi Saitoh

Hideyo Makino

Takeshi Zengo

Arichika Tanaka

Kunichi Yamashita

Tomoaki Suga

Takahiro Konishi

Kenichi Kawauchi

Yoshiaki Morita

Masatoshi Araki

Manabu Numata

Ken Hashimoto

Yasufumi Suwabe

Kiyoshi Hosoi

Masaya Ikuno

Susumu Kibayashi

Masashi Hiratsuka

Makoto Hino

Noritaka Masuda

Yuji Suemitsu

Susumu Hirakata

Yumiko Kishi

Toyoji Ushioda

A position measurement reference sheet for image position measurement on a recording medium includes a body having a front face to face an image reading face of a reading device, a recording medium detection window in the body to measure a position of an end of the recording medium, and an image detection window in the body to measure a position of an image on the recording medium. The position measurement reference sheet is interposed between the image reading face and the recording medium.

Position measurement reference sheet, image forming apparatus, and image position measurement method

An image measurement sheet for measuring an image formed on a recording medium includes a sheet having a plurality of medium scan windows used for detecting the recording medium, a plurality of image scan windows used for detecting the image formed on the recording medium, and an information scan window used for detecting imaging condition information recorded on the recording medium with the image, the plurality of medium scan windows to be corresponded to a portion of sides and a corner of the recording medium, the plurality of image scan windows to be corresponded to a portion of the image formed on the recording medium, and the information scan window to be corresponded to the imaging condition information recorded on the recording medium.

Image measurement sheet, image forming apparatus, and method

A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head that ejects droplets; a conveying member that retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium with facing the recording medium to the droplet ejection head; a coating member that coats the conveying member with a coating liquid having a repellant property to the liquid ejected from the droplet ejection head; and a cleaning member that cleans the conveying member. The droplet ejection apparatus satisfies the following formulaeL3&#x2267;L1, L2&#x2267;L1&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)

Droplet ejection apparatus and cleaning method of a droplet receiving surface

According to an aspect of the invention and there is provided a recording material having an ink, ink absorbing particles that absorb the ink, and a curable liquid that cures the substantial surface of the ink absorbing particles.

Recording material and recording apparatus

An image forming method including: forming a liquid receiving particle layer on an intermediate transfer member using a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material; forming an image of the recording material on a surface of the liquid receiving particle layer by applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid to the liquid receiving particle layer on the basis of image data and holding the recording material on the surface of the liquid receiving particle layer on the intermediate transfer member; applying a transfer auxiliary liquid in at least a portion of a formation range of the image; and transferring the liquid receiving particle layer to which the recording liquid is applied to a transfer receiving member from the intermediate transfer member, such that the image is interposed between the transfer receiving member and the liquid receiving particle layer is provided.

Image forming method and image forming apparatus

A liquid droplet ejection apparatus comprising a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects liquid droplets, a conveyor belt that retains and conveys a recording medium while causing the recording medium to face the liquid droplet ejection head, and a charge roll that causes the recording medium to be electrostatically attracted to the conveyor belt. The charge roll and the conveyor belt are configured not to contact each other, and a gap between the charge roll and the conveyor belt is less than the thickness of the recording medium.

Liquid droplet ejection apparatus

A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head that ejects droplets; a conveying member that retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium with facing the recording medium to the droplet ejection head; a coating member that coats the conveying member with a lubricant; and a cleaning member that cleans the conveying member. The droplet ejection apparatus satisfies the following formulae (1)L2&#x2267;L1&#x2003;&#x2003;(1) wherein, in the formulae (1): Lis the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of the cleaning of the conveying member by the cleaning member; and Lis the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of coating the lubricant on the conveying member by the coating member.

A recording device including an intermediate transfer unit; a supply unit that supplies ink receiving particles that receive an ink onto the intermediate transfer unit in the form of a layer; a particle density increasing unit that increases the particle density of the layer of the ink receiving particles supplied onto the intermediate transfer unit; an ink application unit that applies an ink to the layer of the ink receiving particles supplied onto the intermediate transfer unit; a transfer unit that transfers the layer of the ink receiving particles onto a recording medium; and a fixing unit that fixes the layer of the ink receiving particles transferred onto the recording medium.

Recording device

There is provided a liquid droplet discharging device including: a liquid droplet discharging head, for discharging liquid droplets; an opposing member, opposing the liquid droplet discharging head; and a blade, cleaning the opposing member and in contact with the opposing member, a plurality of grooves being formed on the blade, and the grooves having a groove width increasing from a bottom portion thereof to an opening portion thereof, and a groove angle decreasing from the side of the opposing member to the side opposite to the opposing member.

Liquid droplet discharging device

A droplet ejection device includes a droplet ejection head, a conveyance member, a cleaning unit and a coating unit. The droplet ejection head ejects droplets. The conveyance member retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium to oppose the droplet ejection head. The cleaning unit cleans the conveyance member. The coating unit applies a coating liquid, with a characteristic of repelling the liquid that is ejected from the droplet ejection head, onto the conveyance member. A surface tension &#x3b3;of the coating liquid, a critical surface tension &#x3b3;of the conveyance member, and a surface tension &#x3b3;of the liquid that is ejected from the droplet ejection head satisfy the following equations (1) and (2).&#x3b3;&#x3c;&#x3b3;&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)&#x3b3;&#x3c;&#x3b3;&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)

Droplet ejection device

An image recording apparatus is disclosed wherein an image is recorded on a recording medium based on image information by ejecting liquid droplets from a liquid droplet ejecting head. A liquid droplet ejecting head is provided which has an ejection region substantially corresponding to a width of the recording medium. A conveyor unit is provided which conveys the recording medium to the ejection region of the liquid droplet ejecting head with the recording medium attracted and attached thereto and supported thereon. The recording medium is fed from the conveyor unit to a paper discharge section. Further, a plurality of attracting and supporting sub-units are provided which are vertically moved with the recording medium, which is delivered thereto from the conveyor unit, attracted and attached thereto and supported thereon, thereby conveying the recording medium to a subsequent step.

Image recording apparatus

A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that conveys a recording medium and a recording head unit that records an image on the recording medium conveyed by the transport unit. The transport unit includes a straight transport unit that straightly conveys the recording medium. The transport unit also includes a looped transport unit that branches and turns from the straight transport unit and returns the recording medium to the straight transport unit. A first recording region is disposed at the looped transport unit and a second recording region is disposed at the straight transport unit.

Recording apparatus

An image recording device includes plural retaining units each of which retains a recording medium on circumference thereof, a printing head that forms an image on the recording medium, a loop unit that retains the plural retaining units on a closed path, a first driving unit that drives each of the plural retaining units, and a second driving unit that conveys the retaining units on the loop unit, wherein when the first driving unit drives one of the plural retaining units to form an image on a first recording medium retained on circumference thereof, the first driving unit drives another one of the retaining units to mount a second recording medium on circumference thereof, and the second driving unit conveys one of the retaining units to a recording medium peeling position after completing image formation, and another one of the retaining units to a printing position.

Image recording device

The present invention provides an ink drying prevention apparatus that can prevent ink within an ink-jet recording head from drying, for a long period of time. The ink drying prevention apparatus prevents ink within an ink-jet recording head from drying, and includes a porous substance permeated with a seal liquid that is nonvolatile and incompatible with the ink within the head, wherein the porous substance can contact a nozzle surface of the ink-jet recording head. The seal liquid forms plural meniscuses in an interface with the nozzle surface and inside the porous substance to block air paths, thereby preventing ink within a nozzle exposed to the nozzle surface from drying.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Satoshi Mohri