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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Mio Akima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Atake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet printer is provided. The ink-jet printer includes: an ink container containing an ink, where the ink being a clear ink containing a resin; a discharge head having a nozzle configured to discharge the ink to a printing material; a heater configured to heat the printing material; and a cleaner including a wiper configured to wipe a nozzle formation surface of the discharge head. The ink-jet printer has a matte gloss printing mode imparting a matte gloss and a glossy gloss printing mode imparting a glossy gloss, and the ink-jet printer satisfies a formula below:where Trepresents a temperature (° C.) of the heater during printing in the matte gloss printing mode; and Trepresents the temperature (° C.) of the heater during printing in the glossy gloss printing mode.