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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
Masaaki Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Masujiro Sumita, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohumi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of forming an image which comprises subjecting an image-forming material comprised of a substrate and a photosensitive layer containing a dye and/or a pigment and a photopolymerizable compound and disposed on the substrate to an image-exposure, thereby to allow the exposure to cause a difference of adhesion between an exposed portion and non-exposed portion in the photosensitive layer, and transferring the image to an image receptor on the basis of the difference of adhesion; wherein the photosensitive layer of the exposed image-forming material and the image receptor are allowed to face each other and directed into the nip between two rollers consisting of an elastic roller and a metallic roller having a surface temperature of between 50.degree. C. and 150.degree. C. with the image-forming material in contact with the elastic roller, thereby to transfer the image formed on the photosensitive layer to the image receptor through a nip portion of the two rollers, and the image-forming material and the image receptor are separated in a warm state after passage of these two members through the nip portion.