Patent ID: 7432040

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an image forming apparatus having a plurality of electron-emitting members, a plurality of row direction wires and a plurality of column direction wires, which wire the plurality of electron-emitting members in a matrix, and a dielectric layer arranged between the row direction wires and the column direction wires, said method comprising the steps of: forming a resist precursor layer by imparting a first photosensitive paste, and by drying the first photosensitive paste; forming a second precursor layer by imparting a second photosensitive paste onto the first precursor layer, and by drying the second photosensitive paste; forming a precursor pattern by exposing a layered product of the first precursor layer and the second precursor layer through a mask of a predetermined pattern, and by developing the exposed layered product; and forming the dielectric layer by baking the precursor pattern, wherein a shrinkage ratio of the second precursor layer after the baking to the second precursor layer before the baking is larger than a shrinkage ratio of the first precursor layer after the baking to the first precursor layer before the baking.