Patent ID: 8246158
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: an intermediate transfer member; a supply unit; an image recording composition stored in the supply unit, the image recording composition having water-absorbing resin particles and a curable material that is cured upon application of an external stimulus, a volume average particle diameter of the water-absorbing resin particles being from about 0.5 μm to about 5.0 μm, and a content of the water-absorbing resin particles in the image recording composition being from about 5% by weight to about 50% by weight; the supply unit supplying the image recording composition to the intermediate transfer member; an ejection unit that ejects an aqueous ink containing an aqueous solvent onto a curable layer formed from the image recording composition that has been supplied to the intermediate transfer member; a transfer unit that transfers the curable layer onto which the aqueous ink has been ejected to a recording medium; and a stimulus application unit that applies a stimulus that cures the curable layer to the recording medium, the curable layer having been transferred onto the recording medium after the aqueous ink has been ejected onto the curable layer.