US 12,064,991 B2
Image forming device and image forming method
Tetsuya Sakai, Toyokawa (JP); Yoshinori Tsutsumi, Toyokawa (JP); Kenji Tsuru, Toyokawa (JP); and Munenori Nakano, Toyokawa (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/924,566.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-127654 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008921 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B44C 1/14 (2006.01); B41F 16/00 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B44C 1/145 (2013.01) [B41F 16/0026 (2013.01); B41M 3/008 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming device comprising:
a receiving part that receives image data containing first image data relating to a black and white image and second image data relating to a foil image;
a carrying path along which a recording medium is carried in a predetermined direction;
an inkjet printing part, arranged on the carrying path, injects an ink based on the first image data to the recording medium carried along the carrying path, and forms the black and white image or the color image on the recording medium;
a toner image printing part, arranged on the carrying path, forms the toner image for adhesion based on the second image data, and transfers the toner image to the recording medium; and
a foil image forming part, arranged on the carrying path, enables the toner image transferred to the recording medium to melt and attaches the foil to the melted toner image to form the foil image;
wherein the foil image forming part includes a nip defined between a heating roller and a pressing roller configured to pass the recording medium including the toner image and a sheet material including the foil therethrough, the nip configured to heat and press the sheet material to the recording medium to attach the foil to the toner image and release the foil from the sheet material; and
wherein the heating roller is movable to remove the sheet material from between the heating roller and the pressing roller, such that the nip heats and presses the toner image on the recording medium to form an image based on the toner image on the recording medium.