Method of producing recorded product (printed product) and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Taniuchi, Akihiro Mouri
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of forming an image, which allows a high quality image to be formed on an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer with an ink-repelling property, and then to be transferred at a high transfer rate, and provides an image forming apparatus therefor. In the embodiment of the present invention, an ink image is formed on the intermediate transfer body, on the surface of which an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having surface tension in a range between more than 0 times and not more than 1.1 times of that of the oil are present. Subsequently, the formed ink image is transferred to a recording medium.
Claims16
A method of producing a recorded product comprising the steps of:
- forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body by providing a water-based ink thereto, the intermediate transfer body having a surface including an elastic body where an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than that of the oil are present;
- and
- transferring the formed ink image to a recording medium.
A method of producing a recorded product comprising the steps of:
- forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body by providing a water-based ink thereto, the intermediate transfer body having a surface including an elastic body where an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than 1.1 times of that of the oil are present;
- and
- transferring the formed ink image to a recording medium.
A method of producing a recorded product comprising the steps of:
- forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body by providing a water-based ink thereto, the intermediate transfer body including a surface layer having an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than that of the oil, wherein a recording head provides the ink to the surface layer of the intermediate transfer body;
- and
- transferring the ink image formed on the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium,
- wherein in the forming step, the ink is provided from the recording head to the surface layer in a state where the oil and the water-soluble surfactant are present on a surface thereof.
A method of producing a recorded product comprising the steps of:
- forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body by providing a water-based ink thereto, the intermediate transfer body including a surface layer having an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than 1.1 times of that of the oil, wherein a recording head provides the ink to the surface layer of the intermediate transfer body;
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- transferring the ink image formed on the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium,
- wherein in the forming step, the ink is provided from the recording head to the surface layer in a state where the oil and the water-soluble surfactant are present on a surface thereof.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer having an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than 1.1 times of that of the oil;
- a forming means for forming an ink image on the intermediate transfer body using a water-based ink;
- and
- a transfer section which transfers the formed ink image to a recording medium,
- wherein the forming means forms the ink image on the surface layer in a state where the oil and the water-soluble surfactant are present on a surface thereof.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer having an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than that of the oil;
- a forming means for forming an ink image on a surface layer of the intermediate transfer body using a water-based ink;
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- a transfer section which transfers the formed ink image to a recording medium,
- wherein the forming means forms the ink image on the surface layer in a state where the oil and the water-soluble surfactant are present on a surface thereof.
An intermediate transfer body on which an ink image is formed by providing a water-based ink, the intermediate transfer body comprising:
- a surface layer comprising an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not larger than that of the oil,
- wherein the oil and the water-soluble surfactant bleed out on the surface of the surface layer, thereby being present on the surface.
An intermediate transfer body on which an ink image is formed by providing a water-based ink, the intermediate transfer body comprising:
- a surface layer comprising an elastic body containing an oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not larger than 1.1 times of that of the oil,
- wherein the oil and the water-soluble surfactant bleed out on the surface of the surface layer, thereby being present on the surface.
A method of producing a recorded product comprising the steps of:
- forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body having a surface where a silicone oil and a water-soluble surfactant having a surface tension not more than that of the silicone oil are present;
- transferring the formed ink image to a recording medium;
- wherein the intermediate transfer body has an elastic body containing the silicone oil and the water-soluble surfactant;
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- wherein the silicone oil and the water-soluble surfactant bleed out on the surface from the inside of the elastic body, thus being present on the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.