Abstract: According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes water in an amount of from 35 to 60% by mass of the total amount, an ether in an amount of from 5 to 50% by mass of the total amount, 2,5,8,11-tetramethyl-6-dodecine-5,8-diol in an amount of from 0.2 to 2% by mass of the total amount, and a pigment in an amount of from 3 to 10% by mass of the total amount. The ether includes at least one of polyoxyethylene diglyceryl ether having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 1,000 and polyoxypropylene diglyceryl ether having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 1,000.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inkjet image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head which ejects an aqueous ink, a recording medium reversing mechanism for reversing a recording medium, and a controller. The controller performs control such that if a both-side recording mode is designated, the location information of an overlapping region of images to be recorded on the front surface and the rear surface is detected, based on the detected recording image location information on the front surface and the rear surface, the density of the images to be recorded at the location on the front surface and the rear surface is determined, and if the image density on one surface is higher than the image density on the other surface, the image density at the location on the one surface is reduced, and controls the inkjet head based on the control.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an upstream side chamber arranged further on an upstream side with respect to an ink flowing direction than a head in a circulating path and configured to temporarily store the ejection liquid that should be supplied to the head through the circulating path, a downstream side chamber arranged further on a downstream side than the head and further on the upstream side than the upstream side chamber in the circulating path and configured to temporarily store the ejection liquid collected from the head, and a pressure-difference adjusting mechanism configured to form a first pressure state in which the pressure in the downstream side chamber is lower than the pressure in the upstream side chamber and the head and a second pressure state in which the pressure in the upstream side chamber is lower than the pressure in the downstream side chamber.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes: plural heads arrayed in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a recording medium and configured to eject ejection liquids onto the conveyed recording medium from plural nozzle holes formed on nozzle surfaces; a cap unit configured to simultaneously cap the nozzle surfaces of all the plural heads; a suction unit configured to simultaneously suck all the nozzle holes on the nozzle surfaces of one head among the plural heads; and a contact and separation mechanism configured to relatively move the cap unit and suction unit and the nozzle surfaces of the heads to be capable of coming into contact with and separating from each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink-jet image forming apparatus includes an ink-jet head ejecting an aqueous ink to form an image on a surface of a recording medium, a carrying belt carrying the recording medium and at least a part of which is situated upstream from the ink-jet head in a direction of carrying the recording medium, and a solution adhering unit adhering a solution to a water-retentive surface of the carrying belt.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2<V1) accommodating therein a reaction liquid comprising a solvent, and a photo-acid generating agent capable of generating an acid when irradiated with light, a stirring container mixing the color ink and the reaction liquid at a mixing ratio of S1:S2 (the color ink:the reaction liquid) to prepare a recording ink, a color ink supply means feeding the color ink to the stirring container, a reaction liquid supply means feeding the reaction liquid to the stirring container, an ink jet recording head ejecting the recording ink to a recording medium, and a supply tube feeding the recording ink to the recording head.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveying path that continues to a paper feeding unit and a paper discharge unit, a conveying mechanism that conveys a sheet along the conveying path, plural liquid ejecting heads that eject liquid onto the sheet conveyed on the conveying path, a sensor that is provided in a position between the plural liquid ejecting heads and the paper discharge unit and measures the glossiness of the sheet on which the liquid is ejected, and a control mechanism that compares the glossiness of the sheet immediately after the liquid is ejected and the glossiness measured by the sensor to calculate drying time of the liquid and controls conveying speed of the conveying mechanism to equalize conveying time for the sheet from the plural liquid ejecting heads to the paper discharge unit with the drying time.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink jet recording apparatus includes a first ink jet head, a second ink jet head, a main feeding passage, a first roundabout feeding passage, and a controller. The first ink jet head forms an image on a medium. The second ink jet head forms an image on the medium. The main feeding passage feeds the medium so that the first ink jet head and the second ink jet head form an image on the medium. The first roundabout feeding passage feeds the medium without allowing the medium to face the first ink jet head. The controller controls so as to feed the medium through the first roundabout feeding passage if the first ink jet head is unusable.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a correcting unit. The detecting unit detects an overlapping portion of a first image printed on a first side of a sheet and a second image printed on a second side opposite to the first side. The determining unit determines whether the detected overlapping portion of the first image and the second image is equal to or larger than a predetermined area. The correcting unit corrects, if the overlapping portion is equal to or larger than the predetermined area, the density of one of the first image and the second image.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2<V1) accommodating therein a reaction liquid comprising a solvent, and a photo-acid generating agent capable of generating an acid when irradiated with light, a stirring container mixing the color ink and the reaction liquid at a mixing ratio of S1:S2 (the color ink:the reaction liquid) to prepare a recording ink, a color ink supply means feeding the color ink to the stirring container, a reaction liquid supply means feeding the reaction liquid to the stirring container, an ink jet recording head ejecting the recording ink to a recording medium, and a supply tube feeding the recording ink to the recording head.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a sensor, a first controller and a second controller. The sensor is provided upstream of an inkjet head in a paper transport direction and detects a state of an image forming surface of a paper. The first controller determines whether the image forming surface subjected to the state detected by the sensor is printed with a coloring material other than inkjet inks. The second controller controls to discharge the paper without image formation on the image forming surface with the inkjet head if the image forming surface is printed with the coloring material other than the inkjet inks.

Abstract: A photosensitive inkjet ink is provided, which includes a photo-acid generating agent, pigment, and an organic dispersion medium containing at least two kinds of polymerizable compounds selected from the group consisting of an oxetane compound and a vinyl ether compound, at least one kind of the polymerizable compounds being a monofunctional compound at a concentration of 20 to 70% based on a total weight of the organic dispersion medium, and the vinyl ether compound at a concentration of 30% or more based on a total weight of the organic dispersion medium. The vinyl ether compound is selected from the following chemical formula.

Abstract: An inkjet ink is provided, which includes a pigment dispersion containing an organic dispersant, a black pigment having an average particle diameter of not more than 200 nm, and a resinous dispersing agent, the organic dispersant being formed of at least one polymerizable compound, and the black pigment being included therein at an amount ranging from 2 to 30% by weight based on the organic dispersant, and an ionic compound. A ?-potential of the black pigment to the at least one polymerizable compound of the organic dispersant is confined within the range of ?10 mV to +100 mV.

Abstract: There is provided a pigment dispersion comprising at least one resin-coated pigment comprising a resin and a pigment, and having an average particle diameter of 250 nm or less, and a dispersion medium containing as a major component a cation polymeric compound having a viscosity of 30 mPa·s or less at a temperature of 25° C. and a boiling point of 150° C. or more at 1 atm. The pigment is incorporated in the pigment dispersion at a ratio ranging from 3 to 41% by weight based on a total weight of the dispersion medium, and the resin is incorporated in the resin-coated pigment at a ratio ranging from 5 to 37% by weight based on the weight of the pigment.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit which includes a conveyance belt and an air suction unit for sucking air through the conveyance belt to adsorb a recording medium onto the conveyance belt. A recording head ejects ink to carry out recording on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. An adsorption force adjusting unit adjusts the adsorption force for the recording medium on the conveyance belt, which occurs by sucking air, according to the size of the recording medium.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a sub scanning driving unit which carries a recording medium in a sub scanning direction, a line-type ink jet recording head in which plural nozzles ejecting ink synchronously with the carrying of the recording medium by the sub scanning driving unit are arrayed in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the sub scanning direction, a recording medium supply unit which supplies the recording medium to the sub scanning driving unit along the sub scanning direction, a main scanning driving unit which drive-controls the ink jet recording head on the basis of an image signal and causes the plural nozzles to selectively eject ink, and a nozzle position change unit which changes position where the plural nozzles eject ink, after shifting a relative positional relation between the recording medium and the plural nozzles.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a color processing unit that converts print data to color data, a reaction liquid ejecting unit that has plural nozzles arranged and ejects a reaction liquid onto a recording medium, an ink ejecting unit that has plural nozzles arranged and ejects an ink onto the recording medium based on the color data, a subscanning driving unit that conveys the recording medium having an image formed by the ink ejecting unit, and a controlling unit that controls to a constant value a ratio of an amount of droplets of the reaction liquid ejected by the reaction liquid ejecting unit and a total amount of ink droplets of the ink ejected by the ink ejecting unit, with respect to each of pixels of the image formed on the recording medium.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, in an inkjet printer, after attaching a colorless pretreatment liquid onto plain paper, at least one ink composition capable of reacting with the pretreatment liquid is injected, thereby forming an image. The pretreatment liquid contains water, a metal salt, a fluorescent brightener and at least one butane derivative selected from the group consisting of 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol, 1,3-butylene glycol and isoprene glycol. The ink composition contains a coloring material and water.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head in which nozzles ejecting aqueous pigment ink in accordance with gradation are arrayed, a sub scanning driving unit which carries a recording medium having an image formed thereon with the ink, a heating unit which selectively heats an area divided into an integral multiple of a minimum recording pixel in the recording medium, and a heating control unit which determines presence and absence of an image based on image information recorded to the recording medium, and controls the heating unit.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head on which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium on which an image is formed, a first carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of a carrying direction of the recording medium by the sub-scan driving unit and carries the recording medium on which an image is formed by the ink jet head, a second carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of the first carrying unit along a carrying direction of the recording medium, and a heating unit which is disposed between the first carrying unit and the second carrying unit.