Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Image forming device, and image forming method
An image forming device includes a head including a nozzle that discharges an electrically-conductive recording liquid in accordance with a driving signal; an intermediate transfer body on which the recording liquid discharged by the head is applied; a voltage apply unit that applies a voltage between the intermediate transfer body and the head, so as to decompose the electrically-conductive recording liquid by electrolysis; a transfer unit that transfers an image supported on the intermediate transfer body onto a recording material; and a discharging control unit that generates the driving signal that causes the electrically-conductive recording liquid to be discharged from the nozzle. The discharging control unit generates the driving signal so that a position of a meniscus is placed outside the nozzle during a time interval in which the recording liquid temporarily bridges between the head and the intermediate transfer body.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Takeshi Yuuma Ryota Aino Hisayoshi Takeo Hideomi Takahiko Hiroyuki Manabu
Orito Usui Suzuki Hasegawa Ohshima Tsukamoto Sakuma Matsumoto Yamashita Seo