Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsukasa Sano

Tetsuya Kosuge

Yoshikazu Saito

Mitsutoshi Noguchi

Midori Kushida

A porous layer included in a transfer body for image recording by a heat transfer method has a multiple layer configuration, and porous layers are provided such that when a thickness (mm) of each porous layer from a porous layer P(1) of the plurality of porous layers on a side closest to the surface layer to a porous layer P(n) on a side closest to the substrate is set to t(n) (n&#x2265;2), and a total thickness of the transfer body is set to T (mm), Expression (1): C&#xd7;T&#x2264;t(1)+ . . . +t(n) (here, C=0.4, and T&#x2265;1) is satisfied.

Transfer body, image recording method and image recording apparatus

A transfer member for transfer-type image formation according to the present invention includes, in this order, a heat insulating layer, a heat storage layer and a top layer having an image formation surface, and satisfies Expressions 1 to 6: Expression 1: 0.5&#x2264;t&#x2264;1.5 (trepresents the thickness [mm] of the heat insulating layer), Expression 2: 0.05&#x2264;t&#x2264;0.50 (trepresents the thickness [mm] of the heat storage layer), Expression 3: t&#x2264;0.020 (trepresents the thickness [mm] of the top layer), Expression 4: &#x3bb;&#x2264;0.20 (&#x3bb;represents the thermal conductivity [W/(m&#xb7;K)] of the heat insulating layer), Expression 5: &#x3bb;&#x2265;0.23 (&#x3bb;represents the thermal conductivity [W/(m&#xb7;K)] of the heat storage layer), and Expression 6: C&#x2265;1.52 (Crepresents the volume specific heat [MJ/(m&#xb7;K)] of the heat storage layer).

Transfer member, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus

The transfer member for transfer-type inkjet recording of the present invention is formed so that a surface layer includes an organosiloxane compound having a polyalkylene oxide unit and the contact angle of water and the contact angle of hexadecane on the surface are 85&#xb0; or more and 110&#xb0; or less and 25&#xb0; or more and 50&#xb0; or less, respectively.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Tsukasa Sano