Patent ID: 8152955

Claim:
A method for reusing a recording medium, comprising: forming an image on a recording medium by use of an image forming material, and, removing the image forming material from the recording medium through thermal transfer at an upstream side and at a downstream side by use of two different peeling members, wherein the recording medium is paper that is produced through applying a treatment liquid at size pressing after paper making and then drying the treatment liquid, the treatment liquid comprises a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer having an alkyl group with 8 or more carbon atoms at its side chain as an image-repellent substance, the image forming material comprises a thermoplastic resin, and the adhesive strength between the peeling members and the image forming material is higher than the adhesive strength between the recording medium and the image forming material, wherein the surface layer of the peeling member at the upstream side contacted with the recording medium at the thermal transfer comprises a thermoplastic resin that exhibits substantially no plasticity at the thermal transfer temperature of the image forming material or metals, and the surface layer of the peeling member at the downstream side contacted with the recording medium at the thermal transfer comprises a thermoplastic resin that exhibits plasticity at the thermal transfer temperature of the image forming material.