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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Ryota Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Orito, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Aino Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuma Usui, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisayoshi Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Orito, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Aino Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuma Usui, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisayoshi Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a head including a nozzle that discharges an electrically-conductive recording liquid in accordance with a driving signal; an intermediate transfer body on which the recording liquid discharged by the head is applied; a voltage apply unit that applies a voltage between the intermediate transfer body and the head, so as to decompose the electrically-conductive recording liquid by electrolysis; a transfer unit that transfers an image supported on the intermediate transfer body onto a recording material; and a discharging control unit that generates the driving signal that causes the electrically-conductive recording liquid to be discharged from the nozzle. The discharging control unit generates the driving signal so that a position of a meniscus is placed outside the nozzle during a time interval in which the recording liquid temporarily bridges between the head and the intermediate transfer body.