Image forming method and apparatus therefor
US4335957A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03C1/49881
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming an image using an image forming sheet that is normally non-photosensitive but can be rendered photosensitive by preheating and is exposed at the preheated area to a light image to form therein a latent image and then heat-developed to form a visible image. After preheating, the preheated area is cooled by cooling means prior to exposure.
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