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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Takeshi Hihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuma Usui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JE;
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Aino Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hisayoshi Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Hihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuma Usui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JE;
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Aino Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hisayoshi Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase.