Patent ID: 6561608
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B05C,B41J,B41M

Abstract:
An image forming method for forming an image on an image receiving medium with an ink liquid, said ink liquid including a plurality of types of ink, a mixture proportion of the plurality of types of said ink being changed based on an image signal; said method comprising the steps of:continuously supplying the plurality of types of said ink to an ink ejection port through a plurality of respective ink channels; mixing the plurality of types of said ink at an upstream position of the ink ejection port to produce said ink liquid; controlling an ink flow rate of the respective inks in the respective ink channels in such a manner that a total ejection volumetric flow rate of said ink liquid being maintained constant; ejecting said ink liquid from the ink ejection port to the image receiving medium, said image receiving medium being moved relatively to the ink ejection port, to form the image thereon.