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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Yuhei Chiwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yuhei Chiwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 13/08 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming member that jets liquid droplets onto a recording medium and forms an image on a front face of the recording medium, a tension imparting member that induces tension of 100 N/m to 1000 N/m in the recording medium image-formed on the recording medium front face by the image forming member, and a drying member that dries the image formed on the front face of the recording medium when tension induced in the recording medium by the tension imparting member to a residual moisture level of 3 g/mor less in the recording medium.