Patent ID: 8398228
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for an inkjet recording method that forms an image by jetting a photo-radically curable inkjet ink comprising a colorant, a photo-curable monomer, a photo-radical initiator and a gelling agent onto a recording medium, and photo-radically curing the ink by a light irradiation apparatus, the image-forming apparatus comprising: a warming section for warming the photo-radically curable inkjet ink at a warming temperature of 5 to 30° C. higher than a gelling temperature of the photo-radically curable inkjet ink, and a control section for controlling a surface of the recording medium at a surface temperature of 5 to 30° C. lower than the gelling temperature of the photo-radically curable inkjet ink, wherein an illuminance of the light irradiation apparatus is 1 mW/cm