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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Yasuhiro Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiyasu Honma, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a pressure-deformable or pressure-damageable image receiving member, such as corrugated cardboard, using a photosensitive, pressure-sensitive recording medium referred to as a microcapsule sheet which has a surface coated with an immense number of microcapsules encapsulating a chromogenic material therein. The microcapsule sheet is exposed to imaging light to form a latent image thereon. A developing agent is deposited on the latent image formed portion of the recording medium and a pressure is applied thereto to develop a visible image. The visible image is formed on the microcapsule or another member. In a thermal transfer section, the imaged microcapsule sheet and the image receiving member which are superposed one on the other are heated to transfer the image onto the surface of the image receiving member.