Patent ID: 6224735
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B41M,C02F,G02B,G03F

Abstract:
A process for recording an image comprising the steps of:preparing a substrate comprising a transparent support having formed thereon a transparent conductive film and an organic or inorganic semiconductor thin film that generates an electromotive force by irradiation of light formed on said transparent conductive film, and an aqueous electrolytic solution containing a solvent, a coloring material and a polymer electrodeposition material, wherein the solubility in said solvent changes depending on the change in pH;arranging said substrate and a counter electrode connected to said substrate so that a surface of said substrate, on which said semiconductor thin film is formed, and said counter electrode are immersed in said aqueous electrolytic solution;selectively irradiating sad substrate with light;depositing an electrodeposition film comprising said coloring material and said polymer electrodeposition material on the part of said substrate, on which an electromotive force is generated; andcontacting said deposited electrodeposition film with an aqueous liquid having a pH that causes more of said polymer electrodeposition material to be deposited than when said electrodeposition material is contacted with said aqueous liquid having said deposition initiating pH.