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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Hitoshi Nagato, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Shuzo Hirahara, Yokohama, JP;
Tetuo Okuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Sakae Tamura, Chiba, JP;
Shunsuke Hattori, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Nukada, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus which includes a recording medium for carrying an electrostatic image, an ink-ejecting section opposing the recording medium and located in non-contact state with respect to the recording medium medium, and having an ink holding section for holding ink and an opening section for ejecting ink, at least one counter electrode located in the ink-ejecting section to be immersed in ink. The ink is ejected by virtue of an electric field between the electrostatic image formed on the recording medium and the counter electrode.