Patent ID: 6213593
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image-forming apparatus comprising an application device for applying an image-forming solvent onto an image-recording material,wherein said application device includes lever plates, piezoelectric elements, and a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes formed therein for ejecting and applying drops of the image-forming solvent uniformly onto an entire surface of the image recording material, the nozzle plate including end portions coupled to the piezoelectric elements through the lever plates, andsaid application device applies the image-forming solvent, which is ejected from said plurality of nozzle holes and applied onto the image recording material, such that any of sets of three drops of the image-forming solvent ejected from any of sets of three adjacent nozzle holes arranged to form substantially equilateral triangles, are applied onto the image-recording material to contact each other without any space therebetween using a minimum quantity of image-forming solvent.