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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Tetsuzo Kadomatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yutaka Maeno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tsutomu Umebayashi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Masaaki Konno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tetsuzo Kadomatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yutaka Maeno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tsutomu Umebayashi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Masaaki Konno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body; a liquid adhesion device which provides a first liquid having a viscosity not less than 15 mPa·s and not greater than 300 mPa·s at 25° C, on the intermediate transfer body; a droplet ejection device which ejects a second liquid containing a coloring material onto a region of the intermediate transfer body where the first liquid is provided by the liquid adhesion device, in a state where the first liquid on the intermediate transfer body has a thickness not less than 1.6 μm; a viscosity raising device which raises a viscosity of the second liquid on the intermediate transfer body; and a transfer device which transfers an image including dots of the second liquid formed on the intermediate transfer body, onto a recording medium.