Patent ID: 6657649
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method for image formation, comprising the steps of:using an intermediate transfer recording medium comprising: a sheet substrate provided with a resin layer; and a transparent sheet provided with a receptive layer, the sheet substrate provided with the resin layer having been put on top of the transparent sheet provided with the receptive layer so that the transparent sheet faces the resin layer, forming a transfer image in said receptive layer, then retransferring the transfer image formed in said receptive layer onto an object, half-cutting said transparent sheet including the receptive layer, forming the transfer image in said receptive layer in an area equal to or larger than a whole area of a patch portion surrounded by the half cut, which is transferred when the transparent sheet including receptive layer is retransferred to the object, separating only the patch portion in the transparent sheet including the image-formed receptive layer from said resin layer, and retransferring the separated patch portion with no blank in the edge thereof onto the object.