Patent ID: 7026090

Claim:
A process for forming an image, comprising the steps of: forming, on a surface of an image receiving layer of an image receiving body A including a support having disposed thereon the image receiving layer, an adhesive first image comprising an adhesive composition, by creating an electrostatic latent image through imagewise exposure using an electrophotographic technique and developing the electrostatic latent image; forming, on the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body A, an inorganic pigment second image that includes a transfer material including an inorganic pigment, by at least contacting the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body A, having the first image formed thereon, with a surface of a transfer layer of a transfer sheet, which transfer layer comprises the transfer material, heating, and transferring the transfer layer corresponding to the adhesive first image onto the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body A; transferring, onto a surface of an image receiving layer of an image receiving body B including a support having disposed thereon the image receiving layer, the inorganic pigment second image, by at least contacting the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body A with the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body B, and heating the same; arranging, either before or after peeling off the support of the image receiving body B, the inorganic pigment second image on a surface of a ceramic material; and heating the ceramic material, having the inorganic pigment second image at least arranged thereon, to thereby sinter the inorganic pigment image onto the surface of the ceramic material.