Method and apparatus for forming image on a member with image forming liquid by selective application of heat and/or pressure
US5400065A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S101/29
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An image forming method including the steps of bringing an image-forming liquid in which finely-divided resin particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium into contact with an image-bearing member capable of repelling the dispersion medium of the image-forming liquid, and selectively applying heat and/or pressure to the image-bearing member or the image-forming liquid by use of a heat-application system and/or pressure-application system in accordance with signals corresponding to an image to be formed to deposit imagewise the finely-divided resin particles in the image-forming liquid on the surface of the image-bearing member, thereby obtaining a resin image corresponding to the image on the image-bearing member. In addition, an image forming apparatus for the above-mentioned image forming method is disclosed.
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