Patent ID: 6623816
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
A recording method in which an image on an intermediate transfer medium is produced by supplying a liquid thereon in response to an image signal, and said image is then transferred to a recording medium so as to achieve a recording, said recording method comprising the steps of:forming a layer of an intermediate transfer element releasably on a surface of said intermediate transfer medium in advance, said intermediate transfer element formed of a powder mixture comprising a plurality of polymeric powders, each of which having different chemical and physical properties, said layer being dissolvable and swellable by said liquid on said intermediate transfer medium and enabling a viscosity of said liquid residing thereon to be increased; producing an image on said intermediate transfer medium by supplying said liquid thereon and then transferring said image to said recording medium, wherein said plurality of polymeric powders have different crosslinking densities.