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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Yuhei Chiwata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Jun Yamanobe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoki Kusunoki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuhei Chiwata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Jun Yamanobe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoki Kusunoki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming method is for forming an image on an image formation body by using an ink liquid including a coloring material and an aggregation treatment agent including a component that causes the coloring material to aggregate. The image forming method includes: an aggregation treatment layer formation step of forming, on the image formation body, a semisolid aggregation treatment layer that includes the aggregation treatment agent and has a moisture content ratio not more than 56%; an ink droplet deposition step of ejecting droplets of the ink liquid and depositing the droplets of the ink liquid onto the image formation body where the aggregation treatment layer has been formed; and a solvent removal step of removing a liquid solvent present on the image formation body after the ink droplet deposition step.