| abstract |
A high-quality on-demand foil transfer printing apparatus capable of multicolor foil transfer and printing on a foil is provided. An on-demand droplet delivery head for ejecting an imagewise liquid containing an active energy ray polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator on either one of a recording medium and a foil; Means for irradiating the liquid with active energy rays to form an image of a pressure-sensitive adhesive having adhesiveness on either the recording medium or the foil; Foil image forming means for transferring either one of the recording medium and the foil to the image of the formed adhesive and forming an image of the foil on the recording medium; An inkjet head disposed downstream of the foil image forming unit in the transport direction of the recording medium and forming an image on the recording medium on which the foil image is formed by ejecting ink containing at least a coloring material; An ink jet recording apparatus having image forming means. [Selection] Figure 1 |