Patent ID: 6674984
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A method of printing an image on a print medium with a liquid developer which comprises a liquid carrier and a toner dispersed in the liquid carrier, comprising:forming a toner image comprising the toner, from the liquid developer; transferring the toner image to the print medium under pressure; controlling the toner image to be transferred to the print medium, by adjusting a complex viscosity coefficient of the toner forming the toner image to be transferred, to a value satisfying the formula: 1Ã—1046, where &eegr; represents the complex viscosity coefficient (PaÂ·s) of the toner; pressing the toner image to the print medium; and keeping the print medium in contact with the toner image for a predetermined time period after the pressing of the toner image.