Patent ID: 8398225
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to discharge a droplet of a fluid onto a recording medium in order to form an image thereon; a foamed liquid coating unit including a coating roller and configured to apply a foamed liquid onto the recording medium; and a film thickness setting unit separated, via a gap, from the coating roller and configured to adjust a film thickness of the foamed liquid that is on the circumferential surface of the coating roller and is to be applied by the foamed liquid coating unit to the recording medium before the recording head discharges the droplet of the fluid onto the recording medium, wherein the film thickness setting unit is arranged downstream from a foamed liquid supply point and before a foamed liquid transfer point of the coating roller, and wherein the recording head discharges the droplet of the fluid onto the recording medium after the foamed liquid is applied by the foamed liquid coating unit onto the recording medium.