Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiro Koyama

Takeo Kimura

Tetsuo Shiga

Kohei Nonaka

Makoto Gonmori

Kosuke Miki

Masahiko Suzuki

Micro film camera

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.

Image forming method and apparatus therefor

In image forming apparatus using a heat-developable image forming sheet which is normally non-photosensitive but can be rendered photosensitive by preheating and is exposed to a light image to form a latent image and then heat-developed to produce a visible image, first heating means for preheating, exposure means for exposing the image forming sheet to the light image and the second heating means for heat development are respectively provided with fixing means for respectively fixing different image forming areas of the sheet at the processing positions of the respective means, and the first and second heating means and the exposure means are arranged so that the different image forming areas can be simultaneously processed by the respective means in parallel.

Image forming apparatus

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Kawasaki, Japan

Masahiro Koyama