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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1996
Shigeaki Kimura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Kitazawa, Mishima, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of recycling an image-bearing recording material, at least part of a surface portion having a paper layer which contains cellulose fibers and bears thereon images formed by a thermofusible or thermosoftening ink, includes the steps of causing the image-bearing surface portion of the recording material to hold a water-containing image removal acceleration liquid thereon, and causing the images to adhere to an image releasing member with the application of heat and/or pressure to the images, whereby peeling the images away from the surface portion, with the surface portion of the recording material having a contact angle (cos.theta.) of -0.6 to 0.8 when a liquid with a surface tension of 40 mN/m is placed dropwise on the surface portion of the recording material.