IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method by which a uniform gloss effect is obtained on the entire image forming surface whatever recording medium is used to form an image. SOLUTION: The image forming method includes: a toner image forming process for forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier; a transfer process for transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto the surface on the image receiving layer side of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film having the image-receiving layer provided on a surface of a base material; a superimposing process for superimposing a surface of the intermediate transfer film to which the toner image is transferred on a surface of a recording medium; a fixing process for fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure; a laminate forming process for forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure; and a peeling process for peeling the base material off the image receiving layer in the laminate at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image receiving layer and so that the image is formed between the recording medium and the image receiving layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT