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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Ryota Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Midori Kushida, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Saito, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording method includes applying a reaction liquid containing a first polymer particle onto an intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying an ink containing a second polymer particle onto the intermediate transfer member to which the reaction liquid has been applied, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The first polymer particle softens at temperature Tand the second polymer particle softens at temperature T. The transferring is performed so that the surface temperature Ta of the recording medium and the surface temperature Tb of the intermediate transfer member satisfy: (1) Tb<Ta, (2) T<Ta, and (3) Tb<T, and so that the elastic modulus Ea of the intermediate image at the temperature Ta and the elastic modulus Eb of the intermediate image at the temperature Tb satisfy 1.5<Eb/Ea.