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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Tohru Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tohru Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a device to apply a treatment liquid to a medium; a drying device to dry the treatment liquid applied to the medium; a device to apply a liquid containing a colorant to the medium on which the treatment liquid has been applied; and a control device. The control device controls a supply amount of the treatment liquid to an amount such that a surface hardness of the medium is 0.07 GPa or more as measured by nano indentation after the drying device dries a surface of the medium.