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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Saito, Inagi, JP;
Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an intermediate transfer member used in an image forming method including applying a treatment liquid onto an intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying an ink onto the intermediate transfer member coated with the treatment liquid so as to form dots having an average diameter of R, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The intermediate transfer member includes a surface having recessed portions therein. Each recessed portion allows a circle having a diameter of less than the average diameter R of the ink to be present therein. The surface of the intermediate transfer member has a projected area Sand an actual surface area Ssatisfying the relationship 1.1≤S/S≤5.