TRANSFER OF INK LAYERS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive member to move in a rotational direction, a charging unit to charge the photoconductive member, a discharging unit to discharge a portion of the photoconductive member to form a latent image thereon, and a plurality of ink applicator units to sequentially apply a plurality of ink layers, respectively, toward the latent image to form an ink image. The image forming apparatus may also include an image transfer blanket to receive the ink image including the plurality of ink layers from the photoconductive member.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a photoconductive member to move in a rotational direction; a charging unit to charge the photoconductive member; a discharging unit to discharge a portion of the photoconductive member to form a latent image thereon; a plurality of ink applicator units disposed across from the photoconductive member and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, the ink applicator units to sequentially apply a plurality of ink layers, respectively, toward the latent image to form an ink image such that each one of the ink layers is in contact with another one of the ink layers; and an intermediate transfer member having en image transfer blanket to receive the ink image including the plurality of ink layers from the photoconductive member.