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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1993
Tadashi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Tanikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Kawanishi, Numazu, JP;
Iwao Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for regenerating an image holding-supporting member has the steps of impregnating the image holding-supporting member with a liquid including at least water molecules; the image holding-supporting member having a chartaceous material constructed by cellulose as a principal component and having a hydrophobic image formed on this chartaceous material; and separating the hydrophobic image from the chartaceous material by an image separator in an impregnating state of the liquid so that an image can be recopied and reprinted on the chartaceous material. In accordance with this reproducing method, a copy is made or a sheet of printing paper is regenerated by cleanings of a PPC copying image and a PPC printing image normally utilized in markets at present in addition to cleaning of images copied and printed on sheets of special paper such as erasable paper so that the image holding-supporting member can be reused as a paper sheet for copying or printing. Another reproducing method and another image holding-supporting member are also shown. An apparatus for reproducing the image holding-supporting member is further shown.