Image recording method and apparatus therefor.

摘要

An image recording method and an image recording apparatus using an ink which is substantially non-adhesive but can be imparted with an adhesiveness en subjected to a pH change. In the image recording method, the ink is subjected to a pattern of pH change to be provided with an adhesive pattern, which is then transferred to a recording medium, such as plain paper, directly or by the medium of an intermediate transfer medium to form an ink pattern corresponding to the pH change pattern.