Contact member, drying apparatus, and printing apparatus

Abstract

(Object) To provide a contact member which prevents a component derived from a liquid composition, from being transferred from a contacted member to a contact member, even in a case where the contact member and the contacted member are used for a long period of time in a manner of being in contact with each other (Means of Achieving the object) A contact member configured to contact a contacted member to which a liquid composition is applied, includes a surface layer (A) configured to contact the contacted member, wherein the surface layer (A) includes a support layer including alumite sulfate, the surface layer (A) has a root mean square height Sq of 1.0 μm or more, and the surface layer (A) has an orthogonal line roughness ratio of 0.7 or more.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.