Image forming method and apparatus, and image recording and indicating apparatus
US6108021A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41C1/1041
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A recording body is used which includes a base material and a recording material having characteristics of the wettability change by heating, the recording material being coated on the base material so as to form a recording surface. The image forming method includes the steps of a) heating the recording surface of the recording body in liquid; and b) partially heating the recording surface in air so as to form a latent image.
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