Patent ID: 6443551
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming method for forming an image on an image receiving medium with a recording liquid which includes an image forming liquid for finally forming an image and an image non-forming liquid for forming no image after image formation, a mixing ratio of the image forming liquid and the image non-forming liquid being varied based on an image signal, said method comprising steps of:a) allowing said image non-forming liquid to flow in a recording liquid channel to an ejection port; b) supplying said image forming liquid through an aperture in a wall of said recording liquid channel and into said image non-forming liquid flowing in said recording liquid channel to form said recording liquid so that the image forming liquid in the recording liquid is prevented from contacting an inner wall surface of said recording liquid channel; c) delivering said recording liquid to the ejection port; and d) ejecting said recording liquid from the ejection port to the image receiving medium to form the image thereon.