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US 2006/0214970 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and method
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi Hirakawa
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus comprises: a first liquid deposition device which deposits a first liquid onto a recording medium; and an ejection head which ejects a second liquid onto the first liquid deposited on the recording medium by the first liquid deposition device, wherein a contact angle of the first liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°, and a contact angle of a mixed liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first liquid deposition device which deposits a first liquid onto a recording medium;
- and
- an ejection head which ejects a second liquid onto the first liquid deposited on the recording medium by the first liquid deposition device,
- wherein a contact angle of the first liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°, and a contact angle of a mixed liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°.
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An image forming method, comprising:
- a first liquid deposition step of depositing a first liquid onto a recording medium;
- and
- a second liquid ejection step of ejecting a second liquid according to image data for printing, from an ejection head onto the first liquid deposited on the recording medium in the first liquid depositing step,
- wherein a contact angle of the first liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°, and a contact angle of a mixed liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.