| US 7,494,213 B2 | ||
| Image forming process and image forming apparatus | ||
| Hiroshi Taniuchi, Yokohama (Japan); and Akihiro Mouri, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/524,030 PCT Filed Sep. 04, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/11297 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 09, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/022353, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-258818 (JP), filed on Sep. 04, 2002; and application No. 2002-258819 (JP), filed on Sep. 04, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0164488 A1, Jul. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—103 [264/109; 347/100; 347/101; 347/106; 347/59; 347/88; 399/237; 428/195.1; 428/32.12; 428/32.24] | 13 Claims |
| 2. An image forming process comprising the steps of:
applying a first liquid for increasing the wettability of a surface of an intermediate transfer medium to the intermediate
transfer medium,
applying a second liquid, which reacts with an ink, to the intermediate transfer medium to which the first liquid has been
applied, the second liquid being substantially uniformly applied on the intermediate transfer medium due to the increased
wettability of the surface of the intermediate transfer medium from applying the first liquid,
applying the ink to the intermediate transfer medium, to which the first liquid and the second liquid have been applied, from
an ink-jet recording head to form an ink image on the intermediate transfer medium, and
transferring the ink image formed on the intermediate transfer medium to a recording medium.
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