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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Yutaka Maeno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaaki Konno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tsutomu Umebayashi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tetsuzo Kadomatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yutaka Maeno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaaki Konno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tsutomu Umebayashi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tetsuzo Kadomatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming method for forming a desired image on a recording medium, includes the steps of: applying a first liquid on the recording medium, the first liquid containing no coloring material and having a dynamic surface tension at a surface age of 0.1 seconds measured at 25° C. of γ(0.1 s); and then depositing droplets of a second liquid on a region of the recording medium where the first liquid has a form of a liquid film, the second liquid containing coloring material and having a dynamic surface tension at a surface age of 0.1 seconds measured at 25° C. of γ(0.1 s) that is greater than γ(0.1 s).