Abstract: An image forming method, includes: forming a precoat layer by applying a precoat agent onto a front surface of an intermediate transfer body; forming an ink layer by applying an ink onto a front surface of the formed precoat layer, according to an ink jet method; and transferring the formed precoat layer and ink layer to a recording medium, wherein a contact angle of the precoat agent with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body is less than a contact angle of the ink with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body, and a viscosity of the precoat agent is lower than a viscosity of the ink.

Abstract: A curing apparatus that applies predetermined energy and thereby cures a curable material includes a placement member, a sucker, a gas supplier, and an energy applier. The sucker sucks gas over a placement surface of the placement member through hole parts of the placement member, thereby attracting a placement target on the placement surface to the placement surface in a suction-attracting region. The gas supplier supplies a low-oxygen gas to the placement surface in a first region in the suction-attracting region. The energy applier applies, in a second region that is in the suction-attracting region and downstream from the first region in a moving direction of the placement member, the predetermined energy to the curable material on the placement target. The sucker sucks the gas such that a sucking force in the first region is smaller than a sucking force outside the first region.

Abstract: The three-dimensional fabrication apparatus is provided with: a first discharge section and a second discharge section, which have multiple discharge nozzles disposed in rows and which discharge molding material from the discharge nozzles toward a fabrication stage; a guide member of a head unit-moving unit, which is equipped with the guide member to guide the movement of the first discharge section and the second discharge section in the main scanning direction (X-direction) that is orthogonal to the direction in which the discharge nozzles are disposed and which moves the first discharge section and the second discharge section relative to the fabrication stage along said guide member; and a stage rotating unit for changing the rotational position of the main scanning direction of the first discharge section and the second discharge section relative to the fabrication stage.

Abstract: An image forming method, includes: forming a precoat layer by applying a precoat agent onto a front surface of an intermediate transfer body; forming an ink layer by applying an ink onto a front surface of the formed precoat layer, according to an ink jet method; and transferring the formed precoat layer and ink layer to a recording medium, wherein a contact angle of the precoat agent with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body is less than a contact angle of the ink with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body, and a viscosity of the precoat agent is lower than a viscosity of the ink.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head, a hardware processor that controls an imager former so that an untransferred image is formed on a transferer at a position between two continuous transferred images, and a first cleaning member and a second cleaning member that remove the untransferred image formed on the transferer from the transferer.

Abstract: The three-dimensional fabrication apparatus is provided with: a first discharge section and a second discharge section, which have multiple discharge nozzles disposed in rows and which discharge molding material from the discharge nozzles toward a fabrication stage; a guide member of a head unit-moving unit, which is equipped with the guide member to guide the movement of the first discharge section and the second discharge section in the main scanning direction (X-direction) that is orthogonal to the direction in which the discharge nozzles are disposed and which moves the first discharge section and the second discharge section relative to the fabrication stage along said guide member; and a stage rotating unit for changing the rotational position of the main scanning direction of the first discharge section and the second discharge section relative to the fabrication stage.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device including an image support member in which a temperature-sensitive polymer layer is formed on the surface thereof; an ink discharge head which discharges, on the image support member, an ink obtained by dispersing a pigment into a water-based medium so as to form an image; a transfer roller which makes contact with the image support member; a second heating roller which heats the temperature-sensitive polymer layer; a water absorption roller that absorbs and removes water on the surface of the temperature-sensitive polymer layer. Thus, the bleeding of ink on a recording medium is reduced, and the efficiency of transfer of an image from the image support member to the recording medium is enhanced.