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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1998
Kiyofumi Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Bannai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Tsuyuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Ikuko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Koyano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording method for forming an image on a recording material, using a recording liquid which contains a coloring agent and a solvent in which the coloring agent is dispersed or dissolved, includes the steps of applying to a recording material a colorless or light colored image recording acceleration liquid containing a surfactant and a viscosity-increasing compound capable of increasing the viscosity of the recording liquid, and depositing the recording liquid imagewise on the recording material by ejecting the recording liquid in the form of droplets onto the recording material, and an image recording apparatus for carrying out the above image recording method is provided.