| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To remove unnecessary ink sticking to an energy impressing means and thereby to execute stable image recording, by providing a cleaning means to clean the energy impressing means. CONSTITUTION:When an ink transfer roller 1 rotates, ink 2 is applied in a prescribed layer thickness on the surface of the ink transfer roller 1 by a coating means 4, and it is transferred with the rotation of the ink transfer roller 1. The ink 2 formed in the shape of a prescribe layer on the surface of the ink transfer roller 1 is given an electric energy or the like in the shape of an image pattern by an energy impressing means 5, and an ink image 2a which is given an adhesion by the energy is formed. The ink image 2a is transferred onto an intermediate transfer roller 6 and then transferred onto a medium 8 to be recorded which is conveyed between a transfer roller 7 and the intermediate transfer roller 6. In the case when the ink 2 sticks on the energy impressing means 5 due to recording, a cleaning means 15 intrudes a recording head 5 a deep into an ink layer on the ink transfer roller 1 and makes the ink 2 sticking on the head 5 be stuck on the ink layer so as to be removed. |
