Patent ID: 11964467
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the main scanning movement includes a forward main scanning movement in which the carriage is moved forward in the main scanning direction and a backward main scanning movement in which the carriage is moved backward in the main scanning direction,
wherein the liquid discharge head includes:
a forward metallic ink discharge head configured to discharge the metallic ink in the forward main scanning movement;
a forward color ink discharge head disposed upstream from the forward metallic ink discharge head in a direction of the forward main scanning movement and configured to discharge the color ink in the forward main scanning movement;
a backward metallic ink discharge head configured to discharge the metallic ink in the backward main scanning movement; and
a backward color ink discharge head disposed upstream from the backward metallic ink discharge head in a direction of the backward main scanning movement and configured to discharge the color ink in the backward main scanning movement, and

wherein the irradiation unit includes:
a forward irradiation unit disposed upstream from the forward color ink discharge head in the direction of the forward main scanning movement and configured to irradiate the region in which the metallic ink and the color ink have been discharged with the light in the forward main scanning movement; and
a backward irradiation unit disposed upstream from the backward color ink discharge head in the direction of the backward main scanning movement and configured to irradiate the region in which the metallic ink and the color ink have been discharged with the light in the backward main scanning movement.