INK TRANSFER METHOD, INK TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS

摘要

To increase the transfer property of ink by increasing the curing level inside the ink while leaving the adhesiveness necessary for transfer of an ink surface layer when transferring a transfer object image formed on a transfer body with ultraviolet curable ink to a recording medium.SOLUTION: An ink transfer device 10 includes: curing inhibiting component supply means 21 which supplies the component (oxygen and the like) inhibiting the ultraviolet curing reaction to the atmosphere 24 of uncured ultraviolet curable ink on a transfer body (transfer belt 11a); pre-transfer irradiation means 13a which irradiates the ultraviolet curable ink with the ultraviolet ray through the atmosphere, and executes the pre-transfer irradiation process of irradiating the ultraviolet curable ink with the ultraviolet ray in the state of the atmosphere where the component has the higher density than the density in the atmosphere.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1