Patent ID: 9316956
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B41J,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An intermediate transfer member for use in an image-recording method that comprises a process for applying a reaction liquid to an intermediate transfer member, a process for forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member to which the reaction liquid has been applied, and a process for transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium, wherein the intermediate transfer member has protruding structures having an average height of 3.0 μm or less on a surface thereof, and an average ratio R of surface areas of the intermediate transfer member to a unit area of a surface of the intermediate transfer member and an average ratio S of a total surface area of upper portions of the protruding structures to a unit area of the surface of the intermediate transfer member satisfy the following formula (1): wherein R≧1.3, and 0≦S≦1.