Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Ueno, Muneyuki Okeguchi
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a holder, a pre-treatment head, a smoother, and a print head. The holder reciprocally moves while holding a recording medium. The pre-treatment head discharges a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder. The smoother smooths the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder. The print head discharges a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed.
Claims20
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a holder to reciprocally move while holding a recording medium,
- a pre-treatment head to discharge a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder,
- a smoother to smooth the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder,
- a print head to discharge a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed,
- a lifter to vertically move the holder between a lifted position at which the pre-treatment liquid or the printing liquid is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium and a lowered position at which the pre-treatment liquid or the printing liquid is not discharged onto the surface of the recording medium,
- an interlock switch for the lifter, and
- wherein when the smoother is lifted by the lifter with an object caught between the holder and the smoother, the smoother is pushed up by the object to operate the interlock switch to stop the holder.
A liquid discharge apparatus, comprising:
- a holder to reciprocally move while holding a recording medium,
- a pre-treatment head to discharge a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder,
- a smoother to smooth the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder, and
- a print head to discharge a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed,
- wherein the smoother, the print head, and the pre-treatment head are sequentially disposed in an order of the smoother, the print head, and the pre-treatment head from an upstream side to a downstream side in a direction in which the holder moves toward a rear side of the liquid discharge apparatus.
A liquid discharge apparatus, comprising:
- a holder to reciprocally move while holding a recording medium,
- a pre-treatment head to discharge a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder,
- a smoother to smooth the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder, and
- a print head to discharge a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed,
- wherein the print head, the smoother, and the pre-treatment head are sequentially disposed in an order of the print head, the smoother, and the pre-treatment head from an upstream side to a downstream side in a direction in which the holder moves toward a rear side of the liquid discharge apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.