Patent ID: 8109626
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A recording device comprising: an intermediate transfer member; a particle supply unit that supplies ink receiving particles that receive ink onto the intermediate transfer member; an ink ejecting unit that ejects ink to the ink receiving particles that have been supplied onto the intermediate transfer member; a transfer unit that transfers the ink receiving particles that have received the ink to a recording medium from the intermediate transfer member, a cleaning unit that cleans the ink receiving particles remaining on the intermediate transfer member after the transfer of the ink receiving particles by the transfer unit; and a cleaning aid particle supply unit, provided between the transfer unit and the cleaning unit, that supplies cleaning aid particles, the cleaning aid particles being hydrophobic particles or liquid absorbing particles, and the cleaning aid particles having a sphere equivalent average particle diameter of from about 0.05 μm to about 5 μm.