Cooper & Dunham LLP
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Takahiko Manabu Shigeo Hisayoshi Ryota Takeshi Mizuki Hiroyuki Hideomi Yuuma Aino Takeo
Matsumoto Seo Takeuchi Ohshima Suzuki Hihara Otagiri Yamashita Sakuma Usui Hasegawa Tsukamoto