To provide a contact member which prevents a component derived from a liquid composition, from being transferred from a contacted member to a contact member, even in a case where the contact member and the contacted member are used for a long period of time in a manner of being in contact with each other (Means of Achieving the object) A contact member configured to contact a contacted member to which a liquid composition is applied, includes a surface layer (A) configured to contact the contacted member, wherein the surface layer (A) includes a support layer including alumite sulfate, the surface layer (A) has a root mean square height Sq of 1.0 m or more, and the surface layer (A) has an orthogonal line roughness ratio of 0.7 or more.

An ink contains a medium, a coloring agent, a fixing polymer, and one or more kinds of polymers other than the fixing polymer. The coloring agent is dissolved or dispersed in the medium. The fixing polymer has a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature and is dispersed in the medium. The one or more kinds of polymers each have a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature and are dissolved or dispersed in the medium. The fixing polymer is higher in glass-transition temperature than 80 mass % or more of the one or more kinds of polymers contained in the ink and each having a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature.

An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink set, a conveyance section that conveys a recording medium, an image forming section disposed opposite to one side of the conveyance section for performing inkjet recording on the recording medium with the ink set, and a heating section disposed opposite to the image forming section with the conveyance section therebetween for heating the recording medium. The ink set includes an ink of a first color, an ink of a second color, an ink of a third color, and an ink of a fourth color. The ink of the first color, the ink of the second color, the ink of the third color, and the ink of the fourth color each contain a pigment, a polysaccharide, an aqueous medium, and binder resin particles. The aqueous medium includes a glycol ether. The glycol ether has a boiling point of no greater than 200 C.

The image forming apparatus includes an ejection portion, a guide portion, a plurality of heating elements, a determination processing portion, and a drive control portion. The ejection portion ejects ink toward a first surface of a strip-shaped medium. The guide portion is provided at a position sandwiching the medium between the guide portion and the ejection portion, and forms a guide surface that guides the medium by coming into contact with a second surface on a rear side of the first surface of the medium. The plurality of heating elements are arranged along a width direction of the medium below the guide surface. The determination processing portion determines the heating elements to be driven based on the width of the medium. The drive control portion drives the heating elements determined by the determination processing portion as heating elements to be driven.

An ink contains a medium, a coloring agent, a fixing polymer, and one or more kinds of polymers other than the fixing polymer. The coloring agent is dissolved or dispersed in the medium. The fixing polymer has a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature and is dispersed in the medium. The one or more kinds of polymers each have a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature and are dissolved or dispersed in the medium. The fixing polymer is higher in glass-transition temperature than 80 mass % or more of the one or more kinds of polymers contained in the ink and each having a glass-transition temperature higher than the ordinary temperature.

A heat generating member includes: a hollow cylindrical part that is rotatable about a rotation axis and extends in an axial direction; a first heat generating component provided on an inner surface of the cylindrical part and configured to generate heat when energized; a first connecting component provided on an inner side relative to the cylindrical part and electrically connected to the first heat generating component, the first connecting component being rotatable together with the cylindrical part; a second connecting component provided on a further inner side relative to the cylindrical part than the first connecting component and electrically connected to a power source, the second connecting component being rotatable relative to the cylindrical part; a rotary supporting component that electrically connects the first connecting component and the second connecting component to each other and supports the first connecting component while allowing the first connecting component to rotate relative to the second connecting component; and a second heat generating component provided on a further inner side relative to the cylindrical part than the second connecting component and extending through the cylindrical part in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical part, the second heat generating component being configured to generate heat when energized, the second heat generating component having a heat generating area different from a heat generating area of the first heat generating component.

An inkjet recording apparatus at least includes a conveyance portion, an application portion, a first drying portion, a recording portion, and a second drying portion. The first drying portion dries white ink applied to a recoding medium by the application portion. The recording portion ejects non-white ink onto the recording medium having passed through the first drying portion. The second drying portion dries the non-white ink applied to the recoding medium by the recording portion. The white ink contains first resin particles with a first minimum film formation temperature of 40 C. to 80 C. The non-white ink contains second resin particles with a second minimum film formation temperature of 80 C. or less. The drying temperature is, in the first drying portion, lower than the first minimum film formation temperature and, in the second drying portion, equal to or higher than the first and second minimum film formation temperatures.

A printer includes a head that is movable in a scanning direction and configured to eject a liquid onto a medium, a platen extending in the scanning direction to receive the medium placed at a position facing the head, a support extending in the scanning direction to support the platen, a restraint to restrain the platen with respect to the support while allowing sliding of the platen with respect to the support, and a slider interposed between the platen and the support and located at a different position from the restraint.

A heating device, an image forming apparatus, and a liquid discharge apparatus. The heating device includes a heating roller having heat sources inside to heat a sheet. The heat sources include three or more first heat sources having a same distribution of thermal intensity and a second heat source having a distribution of thermal intensity different from the distribution of the thermal intensity of the first heat sources, and the second heat source is disposed inside a polygon whose vertices are the first heat sources when viewed from one end of the heating roller in a longitudinal direction of the heating roller. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to form an image on a sheet, and the heating device to heat the sheet. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge device to discharge liquid onto a sheet, and the heating device to heat the sheet.

An aqueous ink includes water, a solvent group A having a vapor pressure of 0.07 Pa or more at 25 C., a thickener, and a binder polymer. The solvent group A is present in the aqueous ink in a weight percent of 31.0 wt % to 55.0 wt % with respect to a total amount of the aqueous ink. The thickener is present in the aqueous ink in a weight percent of 13.0 wt % or less with respect to the total amount of the aqueous ink. The aqueous ink has a viscosity of 10 mPa.Math.s to 14 mPa.Math.s at 25 C.