Development of 2.5-Dimension Reproduction of Painting by UV Inkjet Technology

Abstract

Ricoh's inkjet technology has a history from the 1970s, when commercialization began, to the present. The feature of the product is that the head, ink, and image processing, which are important modules, were developed in-house by Ricoh. As a result of cultivating UV ink jet technology in the same way, we were able to establish a technology to reproduce oil paintings at high speed using that layered technology. One of the difficulties was banding, which occurred during high-speed printing. As a result of implementing countermeasures, we were able to finish the banding to such a level that it was invisible. In addition, to give the surface gloss, we developed an ink that can make the surface glossy by controlling the amount of UV irradiation. I would like to expand this technology in other fields, including other image processing technologies and evaluation analysis technologies.