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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2000
Kouya Kawabata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Akio Miyamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method which widens the range of materials usable for an image forming method that employs an ink-jet technique and yields an image with high image quality and high homogeneity. An image pattern forming material containing an adhesive material is discharged onto a transfer layer surface of an image transfer material or onto an image receiving layer surface of an image receiving material, and the image pattern forming material is formed in an image pattern. The transfer layer surface of the image transfer material is closely contacted with the image receiving layer surface of the image receiving material. The image transfer material is peeled off from the image receiving material and portions of the transfer layer are stripped off in an image pattern from the image transfer material by the image pattern forming material. Thus, the image is formed on the image receiving material.