Patent ID: 6529220
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming method for forming an image on an image receiving medium with an image recording liquid, comprising steps of:a) combining a plurality of recording liquids to form said image recording liquid, a mixing ratio of the plurality of recording liquids being varied based on an image signal; b) extruding said image recording liquid from an image recording liquid extruding port to the image receiving medium as a continuous flow while the image receiving medium is moved relatively to the extruding port, so that said image recording liquid is continuously transferred to the image receiving medium to form the image; and c) extruding a dummy liquid for forming no image from a dummy liquid extruding port to the image receiving medium; wherein to said image receiving medium, the image recording liquid is transferred in an image forming width, and a dummy liquid for forming no image is transferred to the outside of said image forming width.