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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kobashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus contains an ink having a dynamic surface tension of from 30 to 50 mN/m at a life time of 15 msec at 25 degrees C., a container containing the ink and a head configured to discharge the ink to a fabric including a first fabric containing synthetic fiber in an amount of more than 50 percent by mass and a second fabric containing natural fiber in an amount of 50 percent by mass or greater, the head including a nozzle surface, wherein a first distance between positions of two consecutive droplets of the ink discharged from the head on the first fabric is shorter than a second distance between positions of two consecutive droplets of the ink discharged from the head on the second fabric.