Patent ID: 7284479

Claim:
A printer operable in a duplex print mode for printing an image on one side of a sheet-like recording medium and then printing an image on the other side of said sheet-like recording medium, said printer comprising: at least one print drum; at least one press roller facing said print drum for pressing the recording medium against said print drum; and a roller pressed against said press roller by a preselected pressure for removing ink deposited on the surface of said press roller by causing said ink to be transferred to said roller, wherein said roller comprises an elastic roller having an adhesive surface while said elastic roller comprises rubber and is caused to rotate by said press roller, and wherein said press roller comprises, when configured to press the other side of the recording medium against said print drum, an elastic body having a fluorine compound layer on a surface thereof, said fluorine compound layer including a film tube closely fitted on the surface of said elastic body.