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US 2017/0320349 A1Published application
Printing system, printing apparatus, and printed-matter production method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroyoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji NAKAI, Masakazu YOSHIDA, Toshitaka OSANAI
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, a printing apparatus includes a plasma treatment unit configured to acidify at least a surface of a print medium by applying plasma treatment to the surface of the print medium, a first primer applying unit configured to apply primer treatment by applying treatment liquid to the surface of the print medium having undergone the plasma treatment, and a first recording unit configured to perform recording by inkjet recording on the print medium having undergone the primer treatment.
Claims1
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a plasma generator to apply plasma to a print medium;
- a roller to apply primer treatment in a form of a liquid to the print medium, after the print medium has the plasma applied thereto;
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- a nozzle to directly discharge ink on the primer treatment on the print medium, wherein
- the primer treatment increases a dot density of the ink on the print medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.