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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Masahiko Higuma, Tohgane, JP;
Nobuhiko Takekoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Kaneko, Kodaira, JP;
Sadayuki Sugama, Tsukuba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming method comprising the steps of forming visible images in application of an ink, which at least includes an ink solvent and a color material, onto a recording medium having a porous layer on a surface of the medium from a side of the porous layer; conveying the recording medium from a location for forming images to a location for a subsequent process; and flattening the surface of the recording medium formed with visible images by pressing the surface while heating to form a flattened layer. In a nip region that the surface of the recording medium formed with visible images is pressed, a point A at which the ink solvent contained in the recording medium reaches the boiling point is located upstream of a point B at which the porous layer of the recording medium loses its liquid permeation property.