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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiko Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 15/6582 (2013.01); G03G 9/08797 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a second material with different solubility from that of a first material to a second position of a print medium where the second material comes into contact with the first material in a first position of the print medium, and a fixation unit configured to melt the second material transferred to the second position of the print medium, and fix the second material to the print medium.