Printer and transferring body

[0072]As shown in FIG. 9, a circumferential area 63 between a liquid repellent area 61 and a lyophilic area 60, on the side surface 3a of the transferring drum 3 (refer to FIG. 5), may be formed by scattering in the liquid repellent area 61, a plurality of island portions 62 having a liquid repellent property almost same as a liquid repellent property of the lyophilic area. In this case, the island portions 62 may be arranged such that a distribution density of the island portions 62 decreases progressively at positions away from a center of the lyophilic area 60 (first modified embodiment). In this case also, in the circumferential area 63, an average liquid repellent property is higher than the liquid repellent property of the lyophilic area 60 and lower than the liquid repellent property of the liquid repellent area 61. Moreover, the liquid repellent property of the side surface 3a is improved progressively at positions away from the center of the lyophilic area 60. Therefore, wh...

[0073]As shown in FIG. 10, an intermediate area 72 having a liquid repellent property higher than a liquid repellent property of the lyophilic area 70, and lower than a liquid repellent property of the liquid repellent area 71, may be formed in a circumferential area 73 between the lyophilic area 70 and the liquid repellent area 71 (second modified embodiment). In this case, a circumferential area is formed by the intermediate area 72, and a part of the lyophilic area 70 and a part of the liquid repellent area 71 in continuity with the intermediate area 72, and an average liquid repellent property thereof is higher than the liquid repellent property of the lyophilic area 70 and lower than the liquid repellent property of the liquid repellent area 71. Even in this case, the liquid repellent property of the side surface 3a of the transferring drum 3 gradually increases at positions away from a center of the lyophilic area 70. Consequently, when the radius of the liquid droplet is not ...

[0075]As shown in FIG. 12, an arrangement may be made such that a plurality (four in FIG. 12) of ink-jet heads 2 is arranged in a direction of rotation of the transferring drum 3, and ink droplets of mutually different colors are jetted from the ink-jet heads 2 (fourth modified embodiment). In this case, the transferring drum 3 is rotated, and by jetting from the nozzle 15 when the lyophilic area 50 formed on the side surface 3a of the transferring drum 3 (refer to FIG. 6) reaches a position facing the nozzle 15 of each ink-jet head 2 (refer to FIG. 2), it is possible to perform printing of a plurality of colors (four colors in FIG. 12).

[0076]A liquid droplet discharging section is not restricted to a liquid droplet discharging section of an ink-jet type. Instead of the ink-jet head 2, for example, an ink transporting head (liquid droplet discharging section) 90 in which a common electrode 94 is formed on a surface of a manifold channel 91, and an individual electrode 95 sandwiching...