Patent ID: 6057074
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming an image for transferring, to a predetermined recording medium, a toner image transported to a transfer position by a toner image support for supporting and transporting toner image from a predetermined toner image position to a predetermined toner image transfer position, the method comprising the steps of:adhering a transported toner image to the recording medium, and transferring and fixing the image while heating it; andusing the recording medium which has a thermoplastic light transmissive resin layer disposed on a surface of a substrate, and in which a tensile modulus of elasticity E (N/mm.sup.2) in a cross direction (CD direction) of the substrate of the recording medium and a thickness (t) mm of the substrate satisfy the following relation (1):E.multidot.t.sup.3 .gtoreq.8(N.multidot.mm).