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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2005
Koichi Sato, Atsugi, JP;
Ikuo Nakazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryuji Higashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sakae Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Ikegami, Atsugi, JP;
Keiichiro Tsubaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiko Yamagishi, Ebina, JP;
Koichi Sato, Atsugi, JP;
Ikuo Nakazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryuji Higashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sakae Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Ikegami, Atsugi, JP;
Keiichiro Tsubaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiko Yamagishi, Ebina, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method which imparts two or more kinds of liquid compositions onto a recording medium to form an image thereon, the image forming method comprising the steps of: preparing plural liquid compositions including a first liquid composition containing a functional substance, an anionic amphiphilic polymer, and a liquid medium, and a second liquid composition containing a functional substance, a polyvalent cation, an anionic amphiphilic polymer, and a liquid medium, at least one of the polymer in the first composition and the polymer in the second composition being a block polymer or a graft polymer, and imparting the first and second compositions onto the medium to bring the first and second compositions into contact with each other to cause at least one to thicken.