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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Motohiro Ogura, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 47 ; 430126 ;
Abstract
A method for forming an image is provided, in which a failure in transfer during image retransfer and peeling of toner are prevented, and a sufficiently excellent image is formed on a retransfer medium. In this method for forming an image, in which an image transferred onto a transfer material, having a polyvinyl-alcohol layer formed on a supporting member, according to an electrophotographic method is first fixed, and is again transferred onto a transfer medium, a resin layer having a surface tension, which is closer to a surface tension of a binding resin of a toner to be fixed than a surface tension of polyvinyl alcohol, is provided on a surface of the transfer medium.