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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1998
Takashi Kashiwagi, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Numazu, JP;
Shinichiro Fujii, Mishima, JP;
Juntaro Oku, Numazu., JP;
Masaaki Oyaide, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Ushiogi, Mishima, JP;
Tadao Kamano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Sakae Shiida, Numazu, JP;
Hidenobu Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Akira Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet printer includes a rotary drum,, having a dielectric peripheral surface,for rotating at a constant speed, a sheet loader,for loading a sheet to the rotary drum,, a sheet holding system for causing the sheet to be held on the peripheral surface,of the rotary drum,, and a print head section,for printing an image on the sheet held on the peripheral surface,of the rotary drum,by jetting ink to the sheet while the rotary drum,makes a predetermined number of rotations. Particularly, the sheet holding system includes a charging section,and a supplementary charger section,. The charging section,charges the peripheral surface,of the rotary drum,on an upstream side of the loading point where the leading end of the sheet loaded by the sheet loader,contacts the peripheral surface,of the rotary drum,. The supplementary charger section,charges the sheet to supplement the electrostatic attraction force attenuated during the rotation of the rotary drum