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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a metallic ink discharge head, a color ink discharge head, an irradiation unit, a carriage, and a moving unit. The metallic ink discharge head discharges a metallic ink onto a recording medium. The color ink discharge head discharges a color ink onto the recording medium. The irradiation unit irradiates the metallic ink with light. The metallic ink discharge head, the color ink discharge head, and the irradiation unit are mounted on the carriage. The moving unit alternately perform a main scanning movement and a sub-scanning movement. The metallic ink discharge head discharges the metallic ink in a region of the recording medium in a former main scanning movement. The irradiation unit irradiates the region with the light in a latter main scanning movement. The color ink discharge head discharges the color ink in the region irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit.