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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Yoichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head that discharges an electrically substantially neutral droplet of ink onto a recording medium; a transport unit that transports the recording medium such that a recording surface of the recording medium is substantially orthogonal with respect to an ink discharge direction of the recording head; and an electric field generating unit that generates an electric field when the recording head discharges the droplet of ink. The electric field is substantially parallel to the ink discharge direction in terms of intensity.