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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/1707 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16529 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an ejection section that ejects liquid droplets of plural colors including black liquid droplets, a control section that controls the ejection section such that the black liquid droplets and at least a part of the liquid droplets of other colors contact on a recording medium when preliminary ejection is performed on a non-image forming region of the recording medium, and a drying section that dries the liquid droplets of the plural colors.