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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an irradiation unit, a carriage, and a moving unit. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid including a metallic ink and a color ink onto a recording medium. The irradiation unit irradiates the liquid on the recording medium with light. The liquid discharge head and the irradiation unit are mounted on the carriage. The moving unit perform a main scanning movement and a sub-scanning movement. The liquid discharge head discharges the metallic ink in a region of the recording medium in the main scanning movement and discharges the color ink in the region in which the metallic ink has been discharged, in the same main scanning movement in which the metallic ink is discharged. The irradiation unit irradiates the region in which the metallic ink and the color ink have been discharged, with the light in the same main scanning movement.