Treatment-agent liquid applicator and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A treatment-agent liquid applicator includes an application roller to apply a treatment agent to a medium to be conveyed to an image forming apparatus, a pressure roller to press the medium against the application roller, a supply roller to supply the treatment agent to the application roller, and circuitry configured to rotate the application roller for a duration of time, from when job information is acquired by the image forming apparatus, to when the medium reaches the application roller.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.