US 11,938,746 B2
Image forming device and manufacturing method of printed material
Jun Yamanobe, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,245.
Application 17/809,245 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/048824, filed on Dec. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-009325 (JP), filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324244 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 5/0011 (2013.01) [B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 11/00216 (2021.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 2203/011 (2020.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming device comprising:
a transport unit that transports a recording medium in a transport direction;
a printing unit that is disposed to face the transport unit and applies an ink to a printing surface of the transported recording medium to perform printing;
a treatment unit that is disposed to face the transport unit and performs treatment on the transported recording medium;
a movement unit that changes a distance between the printing unit and the treatment unit in the transport direction;
an information acquisition unit that acquires at least one information of information on a transportation speed of the recording medium in the transport unit, information on an applied amount of the ink in the printing unit, or information on a surface state of the printing surface of the recording medium; and
a distance control unit that controls the distance based on the acquired information,
wherein an image is printed on the printing surface of the recording medium in advance before the printing by the printing unit and the treatment by the treatment unit,
the information acquisition unit acquires whether the image printed in advance is an electrophotographic picture or an image printed by using an energy ray curable ink, as the information on the surface state of the printing surface of the recording medium, and
the distance control unit decreases the distance between the printing unit and the treatment unit in the transport direction in a case in which the image printed in advance is the electrophotographic picture or the image printed by using the energy ray curable ink.
 
13. A manufacturing method of a printed material, the method comprising:
a transport step of transporting a recording medium in a transport direction by a transport unit;
a printing step of applying an ink to a printing surface of the transported recording medium to perform printing by a printing unit that is disposed to face the transport unit;
a treatment step of performing treatment on the transported recording medium by a treatment unit that is disposed to face the transport unit;
an information acquisition step of acquiring at least one information of information on a transportation speed of the recording medium in the transport unit, information on an applied amount of the ink in the printing unit, or information on a surface state of the printing surface of the recording medium; and
a distance control step of controlling a distance between the printing unit and the treatment unit in the transport direction based on the acquired information by a movement unit that changes the distance,
wherein an image is printed on the printing surface of the recording medium in advance before the printing by the printing unit and the treatment by the treatment unit,
the information acquisition step includes acquiring whether the image printed in advance is an electrophotographic picture or an image printed by using an energy ray curable ink, as the information on the surface state of the printing surface of the recording medium, and
the distance control step includes decreasing the distance between the printing unit and the treatment unit in the transport direction in a case in which the image printed in advance is the electrophotographic picture or the image printed by using the energy ray curable ink.