Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to avoid degradation of image quality. An embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus including: a print head; a detection unit configured to detect an edge region and a non-edge region of an object in image data; and a tone correction unit configured to adjust an application amount of a printing agent for a unit region based on whether the unit region is the edge region or the non-edge region, in which the printing apparatus is capable of performing printing in a first printing mode or a second printing mode, in the first printing mode, an input resolution of the image data is lower than a printing resolution of the print head, in the second printing mode, the input resolution of the image data is higher than or equal to the printing resolution of the print head.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a cap, a control unit, and a recording unit having nozzle arrays each including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink in an image recording operation. The cap receives ink preliminarily ejected from the recording unit. The control unit controls an ejection operation to eject ink in response to receiving a recording command to cause an amount of ink ejected from a first nozzle group in a first preliminary ejection executed prior to the recording operation of the image to be smaller than an amount of ink ejected from a second nozzle group different from the first nozzle group in a second preliminary ejection executed prior to the recording operation of the image in a case where the recording command includes an instruction for recording the image by using the second nozzle group without using the first nozzle group among the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a carriage, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a carriage control unit, and a supply tube connected to the recording head and the ink tank and including a bent portion that moves with carriage movement. The carriage control unit moves the carriage in predetermined directions to record on a recording medium. Assuming that, of an acceleration/deceleration area of a carriage moving area, an area in which pressure changes to decrease negative pressure in the recording head is a first area, and an area in which the pressure changes to increase the negative pressure in the recording head is a second area, the carriage control unit moves the carriage so that an absolute value of acceleration or deceleration of the carriage in the first area is less than an absolute value of acceleration or deceleration of the carriage in the second area.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method of the present disclosure is an inkjet recording method of recording an image on a recording medium using an aqueous ink. Coating wax on a transfer body; applying an aqueous reaction solution containing a reaction agent reacting with the aqueous ink to the transfer body; forming an intermediate image by applying the aqueous ink to the transfer body; and transferring the intermediate image by bringing the intermediate image into contact with the recording medium are included in this order, and a surface temperature Ta (° C.) of the transfer body at a position where the intermediate image contacts the recording medium, a surface temperature Tb (° C.) of the transfer body at a position where the intermediate image is separated from the transfer body and a melting point Tm (° C.) of the wax satisfy a relationship of Tb<Tm?Ta.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming unit which forms an ink image by discharging and applying ink containing at least a resin and a liquid component as an ink droplet onto a transfer body, a liquid removing unit which removes the liquid component in the ink image, a transfer unit which transfers removes the image, from which the liquid component is removed, onto a recording medium, a fixing unit which performs heating and pressing fixing on the image formed on the recording medium by pressing a fixing substrate, a liquid adhesion determination unit which determines whether a liquid adheres to a surface of the fixing substrate, and a liquid removing condition changing unit which changes a liquid removing condition of the liquid removing unit based on the determination result of the liquid adhesion determination unit.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming unit which forms an ink image by discharging and applying ink containing at least a resin and a liquid component as an ink droplet onto a transfer body, a liquid removing unit which removes the liquid component in the ink image, a transfer unit which transfers removes the image, from which the liquid component is removed, onto a recording medium, a fixing unit which performs heating and pressing fixing on the image formed on the recording medium by pressing a fixing substrate, a liquid adhesion determination unit which determines whether a liquid adheres to a surface of the fixing substrate, and a liquid removing condition changing unit which changes a liquid removing condition of the liquid removing unit based on the determination result of the liquid adhesion determination unit.

Abstract: An image recording method includes a reaction liquid applying step; a first liquid composition applying step; an ink applying step of applying an ink containing a second water-soluble resin so as to at least partly overlap with an area where the first liquid composition is applied on an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image; and a step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by bringing the intermediate image into contact with the recording medium to separate the intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member. The temperatures Tc, T1 of the intermediate image and intermediate transfer member from start of the contact to the separation are adjusted to be not less than the glass transition temperature Tgs of the second water-soluble resin. The temperatures Tr, T2 of the intermediate image and recording medium at the separation are adjusted to be less than Tgs.

Abstract: An image recording method includes a reaction liquid applying step; a first liquid composition applying step; an ink applying step of applying an ink containing a second water-soluble resin so as to at least partly overlap with an area where the first liquid composition is applied on an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image; and a step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by bringing the intermediate image into contact with the recording medium to separate the intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member. The temperatures Tc, T1 of the intermediate image and intermediate transfer member from start of the contact to the separation are adjusted to be not less than the glass transition temperature Tgs of the second water-soluble resin. The temperatures Tr, T2 of the intermediate image and recording medium at the separation are adjusted to be less than Tgs.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method in which an image is formed by applying onto a recording medium a reaction liquid, an aqueous pigment ink containing an anionic polymer aggregatable by the reaction liquid and a resin-containing aqueous liquid containing an anionic polymer aggregatable by the reaction liquid to form an image, the method including the steps of applying the reaction liquid to the recording medium; applying the aqueous pigment ink to a surface of the recording medium to which the reaction liquid is applied by an ink jet method to form an image; and applying the resin-containing aqueous liquid to the image formed on the recording medium by the ink jet method. The surface tension of the resin-containing aqueous liquid is higher than the surface tension of the aqueous pigment ink.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method of transferring onto a recording medium an intermediate image formed on an intermediate transfer member by an ink jet technique to record an image on the recording medium, the method including a pretreatment agent applying step of applying a pretreatment agent onto an intermediate transfer member; an ink applying step of applying an ink by an ink jet technique onto a region of the intermediate transfer member onto which the pretreatment agent is applied, thereby forming an intermediate image; a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a recording medium; and a selection controlling step of controlling selection of execution or non-execution of at least one of the pretreatment agent applying step and the transfer step, based on an amount of the ink applied onto the intermediate transfer member.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method of transferring onto a recording medium an intermediate image formed on an intermediate transfer member by an ink jet technique to record an image on the recording medium, the method including a pretreatment agent applying step of applying a pretreatment agent onto an intermediate transfer member; an ink applying step of applying an ink by an ink jet technique onto a region of the intermediate transfer member onto which the pretreatment agent is applied, thereby forming an intermediate image; a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a recording medium; and a selection controlling step of controlling selection of execution or non-execution of at least one of the pretreatment agent applying step and the transfer step, based on an amount of the ink applied onto the intermediate transfer member.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method in which an image is formed by applying onto a recording medium a reaction liquid, an aqueous pigment ink containing an anionic polymer aggregatable by the reaction liquid and a resin-containing aqueous liquid containing an anionic polymer aggregatable by the reaction liquid to form an image, the method including the steps of applying the reaction liquid to the recording medium; applying the aqueous pigment ink to a surface of the recording medium to which the reaction liquid is applied by an ink jet method to form an image; and applying the resin-containing aqueous liquid to the image formed on the recording medium by the ink jet method. The surface tension of the resin-containing aqueous liquid is higher than the surface tension of the aqueous pigment ink.

Abstract: An image recording method including a reaction liquid applying step; a first liquid composition applying step; an ink applying step of applying an ink containing a second water-soluble resin so as to at least partly overlap with an area where the first liquid composition is applied on an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image; and a step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by bringing the intermediate image into contact with the recording medium to separate the intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member. The temperatures Tc, T1 of the intermediate image and intermediate transfer member from start of the contact to the separation are adjusted to be not less than the glass transition temperature Tgs of the second water-soluble resin. The temperatures Tr, T2 of the intermediate image and recording medium at the separation are adjusted to be less than Tgs.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink tank for storing an ink, a flow path member communicating with the ink tank and a recording head for ejecting the ink supplied from the ink tank through the flow path member, wherein the apparatus further includes a light detection unit which applies light to at least one of the ink in the ink tank and the ink in the flow path member and detects the intensity of back-scattered light of the applied light, and an image density correction unit which corrects the density of an image to be recorded on the basis of the intensity of the back-scattered light which has been detected by the light detection unit.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording condition changing unit that changes a recording condition upon formation of an image; an evaluation image input unit that inputs evaluation image data representing an evaluation image including at least two successive adjacent dots to form the evaluation image on a recording medium; a reading unit that reads the evaluation image; an evaluation value calculating unit that calculates an evaluation value based on color information on the evaluation image; an acceptance/rejection determining unit that determines acceptance/rejection of the evaluation image by comparing the evaluation value with an acceptance/rejection determining threshold value; and a recording condition deciding unit that decides that a recording condition used during formation of an evaluation image of which acceptance has been determined is to be used as a recording condition upon formation of the image on the recording medium.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus including a recording condition changing unit that changes a recording condition upon formation of an image; an evaluation image input unit that inputs evaluation image data representing an evaluation image including at least two successive adjacent dots to form the evaluation image on a recording medium; a reading unit that reads the evaluation image; an evaluation value calculating unit that calculates an evaluation value based on color information on the evaluation image; an acceptance/rejection determining unit that determines acceptance/rejection of the evaluation image by comparing the evaluation value with an acceptance/rejection determining threshold value; and a recording condition deciding unit that decides that a recording condition used during formation of an evaluation image of which acceptance has been determined is to be used as a recording condition upon formation of the image on the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a processing unit configured to convert acquired image information into dot data, and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the image information converted into dot data by the processing unit, wherein the processing unit enlarges an image of the acquired image information to a size protruding into margins formed at both side ends of the recording medium, then converts the image information into dot data, and then, based on side end position information of the recording medium detected by the detection unit, processes the image information converted into dot data so that image formation is not performed on portions of the enlarged image protruding into the margins.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink tank for storing an ink, a flow path member communicating with the ink tank and a recording head for ejecting the ink supplied from the ink tank through the flow path member, wherein the apparatus further includes a light detection unit which applies light to at least one of the ink in the ink tank and the ink in the flow path member and detects the intensity of back-scattered light of the applied light, and an image density correction unit which corrects the density of an image to be recorded on the basis of the intensity of the back-scattered light which has been detected by the light detection unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a processing unit configured to convert acquired image information into dot data, and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the image information converted into dot data by the processing unit, wherein the processing unit enlarges an image of the acquired image information to a size protruding into margins formed at both side ends of the recording medium, then converts the image information into dot data, and then, based on side end position information of the recording medium detected by the detection unit, processes the image information converted into dot data so that image formation is not performed on portions of the enlarged image protruding into the margins.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of full-line type printheads. The printing apparatus holds information relating to overlap nozzles that overlap between a reference printhead and an adjustment printhead, generates discharge data for causing a tilt adjustment pattern to be printed by nozzles disposed in different positions in the overlap nozzles that overlap between the reference printhead and the adjustment printhead, and causes ink to be discharged from the nozzles in the overlap nozzles that overlap between the reference printhead and the adjustment printhead based on the discharge data. In this manner, the tilt adjustment pattern is printed on a printing medium.