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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Shibuya, Chiryu, JP;
Yusuke Nishisaka, Mitaka, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming method includes: providing an active light curable ink on a surface of an intermediate transfer body; irradiating the active light curable ink provided on the surface of the intermediate transfer body with first active light; and transferring the active light curable ink to a recording medium, wherein the wavelength of the first active light is a wavelength that causes the transmittance of the intermediate transfer body to be 70% or more, and causes the absorbance of the active light curable ink to be 0.01 or more.