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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Toshitaka Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitaka Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes an acidification treatment unit that acidifies at least a surface of a treatment object by irradiating the treatment object with plasma; an inkjet recording unit that records to the treatment object having been acidified by the acidification pretreatment unit in an inkjet recording system; and a control unit that specifies an ink to be used by the inkjet recording unit from at least two types of inks having different properties, based on the type of the treatment object and an amount of plasma energy used in a plasma treatment performed by the acidification treatment unit or based on a pH value of the surface of the treatment object.