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US 9,804,550 B2Granted
Image formation apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorMasahiko Hoshino
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a second material with different solubility from that of a first material to a second position of a print medium where the second material comes into contact with the first material in a first position of the print medium, and a fixation unit configured to melt the second material transferred to the second position of the print medium, and fix the second material to the print medium.
Claims8
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a transfer unit provided along a medium conveyance path through which a print medium is to be conveyed and configured to transfer, on the print medium, a first material and a second material with different solubility from that of the first material such that the second material is provided, on the print medium, at outside of an outline of an area where the first material is provided on the print medium and in contact with the outline of the area while the second material is not provided on or above the first material provided on the print medium;
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- a fixation unit provided downstream of the transfer unit along the medium conveyance path and configured to melt the first material and the second material transferred to the print medium and thereby fix the first material and the second material to the print medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.