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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eriko Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Shinya Mishina, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Ogasawara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17 ;
Abstract
An image forming method to apply an ink to a printing medium includes applying a liquid composition having a polarity different from a polarity of the ink to an image forming region formed by the ink and the vicinity of the image forming region on the printing medium prior to the application of the ink, wherein a surface tension of the liquid composition is higher than that of the ink.