Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Atushi Kutami

Akira Suzuki

Yoshihiko Hotta

Toru Nogiwa

Akihide Itoh

An image formation method of a reversible thermosensitive recording material capable of reversibly switching its transparency or color tone depending on the temperature thereof is disclosed, which includes the steps of recording images therein at a predetermined image forming temperature, erasing the recorded images from the recording material at a predetermined image erasing temperature, and cleaning the surface of the reversible thermosensitive recording material using cleaning means at substantially the same temperature as the image erasing temperature, with the image erasing step and the cleaning step being carried out substantially at the same time.

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Numazu, Japan

Atushi Kutami