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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2009
Hiroshi Kawakami, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naoki Kusunoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Kachi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method includes: moisture-controlling one surface of an inkjet recording medium having an air permeability of 300 seconds or more; feeding the moisture-controlled inkjet recording medium onto a conveyance path in a state where the moisture-controlled inkjet recording medium is curled such that a surface of the moisture-controlled inkjet recording medium that is curved inwards faces the conveyance path for conveying the inkjet recording medium; conveying the fed inkjet recording medium while adhering the inkjet recording medium by suction onto the conveyance path; and forming an image by applying ink by an inkjet method on the inkjet recording medium adhered by suction to the conveyance path.