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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Yoshinari Suzuki, Atsugishi, JP;
Yukihito Niino, Kawasakishi, JP;
Kazuki Yasu, Sagamiharashi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming device that ejects the droplets onto a printing medium, and forms an image on a surface of the printing medium; a pre-processing device that applies a pre-processing liquid to the surface of the printing medium before the image forming device forms the image; and a dryer configured to dry the printing medium on which the pre-processing liquid was applied, wherein the pre-processing device applies on amount of the pre-processing liquid that is determined based on resolution of the image formed on the printing medium, and the dryer dries using a drying strength that is determined based on the resolution of the image formed on the printing medium.