公开(公告)号：EP2697071A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-19

申请号：EP12771529.0

申请日：2012-04-12

申请人： Ricoh Company, Ltd.

发明人： SUZUKI, Ryota ,  TSUKAMOTO, Takeo ,  ORITO, Takeshi ,  SEO, Manabu ,  SAKUMA, Hideomi ,  HASEGAWA, Aino ,  YAMASHITA, Hiroyuki ,  USUI, Yuuma ,  OHSHIMA, Hisayoshi ,  MATSUMOTO, Takahiko

IPC分类号： B41J2/385

CPC分类号： B41J2/115 ,  B41J2/0057 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2/3855

摘要： 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.