IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD

• Main Authors: KOJIMA SAYURI, TAKAHASHI SATOSHI, YOKOHAMA YUKI, MIYAAKE AMI, KUROHA MIZUKI, TAMAI TAKASHI, IMANAGA YUKIHIRO, OYAMA KOICHIRO, SUGITA TAKETO, YOSHIKAWA TORU, HANAZAWA HIROFUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.09.2021
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTING FLUIDS; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INKS; LINING MACHINES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

To provide an image formation device which can simply obtain an image having desired glossiness at low cost.SOLUTION: An image formation device has black ink containing carbon black, an organic solvent and a resin, color ink containing a colorant, an organic solvent and a resin, ink application means for applying the black ink and the color ink to a recording medium, heating means for heating the recording medium to which the black ink and the color ink have been applied, and printing mode acceptance means for accepting selection of a high glossiness printing mode or a low glossiness printing mode. At the time of selection of the high glossiness printing mode, the black ink and the color ink are applied in this order to the recording medium, and at the time of selection of the low glossiness printing mode, the color ink and the black ink are applied in this order to the recording medium.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】所望の光沢度を有する画像を、簡便かつ低コストで得ることのできる画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】カーボンブラック、有機溶剤および樹脂を含有するブラックインクと、色材、有機溶剤および樹脂を含有するカラーインクと、前記ブラックインクおよび前記カラーインクを記録媒体に付与するインク付与手段と、前記ブラックインクおよび前記カラーインクを付与した記録媒体を加熱する加熱手段と、高光沢度印字モードまたは低光沢度印字モードの選択を受け付ける印字モード受付手段と、を有し、前記高光沢度印字モード選択時には前記ブラックインクおよび前記カラーインクをこの順で前記記録媒体に付与し、前記低光沢度印字モード選択時には前記カラーインクおよび前記ブラックインクをこの順で前記記録媒体に付与する画像形成装置。【選択図】図３