Patent ID: 6332679
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
An image forming method comprising the steps of:forming visible images by application of an ink, which at least includes an ink solvent and a color material, onto a recording medium comprising a porous layer having a liquid permeating property, the ink being applied on a surface of the medium from a side of the porous layer;conveying the recording medium in a conveying direction from a location for forming images to a location for a subsequent process; andheating the recording medium while pressing the recording medium at a nip region to eliminate the liquid permeating property of the porous layer,wherein, in the nip region that the surface of the recording medium formed with the visible images is pressed, a point A at which the ink solvent contained in the recording medium reaches the boiling point is located upstream, relative to the conveying direction, of a point B at which the liquid permeating property of the porous layer is eliminated.