Patent ID: 6559929
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
An image forming method for performing a heat development and transfer process in a state in which a photosensitive material and an image receiving material are laminated and wound around an outer peripheral surface of a drum, comprising the steps of:(a) placing said photosensitive material and said image receiving material together and pressing them to laminate at an entrance of a heating conveying path; (b) introducing said photosensitive material and said image receiving material onto the outer peripheral surface of said drum through said entrance of said heating conveying path for carrying in said photosensitive material and said image receiving material which have been laminated; (c) heating said photosensitive material and said image receiving material in a state in which they are laminated while being conveyed along the outer peripheral surface of said drum synchronously with a rotation of said drum; and (d) separating said photosensitive material and said image receiving material which have been subjected to a heat development and transfer process on said drum after passing them through said entrance of said heating conveying path a second time.