Patent ID: 6739714
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:a head mounting portion for mounting an ink jet recording head for discharging ink liquid having a coloring material from an ink discharge port; a process liquid storing member for storing a process liquid for condensing the coloring material in the ink liquid; a process liquid supply roller arranged immersibly in the process liquid stored in said process liquid storing member, wherein said process liquid supply roller does not contact a recording surface of the recording medium; and a process liquid coating roller for coating the recording surface of the recording medium with the process liquid stored in said process liquid storing member and supplied through said process liquid supply roller, said process liquid coating roller being provided so that a peripheral surface of said process liquid coating roller is contactable with the recording surface of the recording medium upstream of a conveyance direction of the recording medium with respect to said head mounting portion.