Patent ID: 6546224
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A printing apparatus for printing an image onto a print medium with use of a liquid developer which contains a liquid carrier and a toner being dispersed in the liquid carrier, comprising:an image holding member having an imaging surface on which a latent image corresponding to the image to be printed is generated; a development unit which provides the liquid developer to the imaging surface to form a toner image corresponding to the latent image; a transfer member which transfers the toner image from the imaging surface to the print medium; and a fibrous wipe member having a cleaning face contacting with the imaging surface for wiping a residual toner failing to be transferred from the imaging surface, by moving relatively to the imaging surface in a first direction, wherein a cleaning liquid is impregnated at a ratio of 2 grams per square meter to 200 grams per square meter in the fibrous wipe member.