IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

Disclosed is an image forming method wherein recording is performed by forming an ink image on an intermediate transfer body and transferring the ink image onto a recording medium while ensuring both stability of transfer and high throughput.  The image forming method comprises a step for repeating such a process as forming an image on the intermediate transfer body by ejecting ink thereonto from an ink jet head and then drying the image on the intermediate transfer body a plurality of times, and a step for transferring the image obtained by the plurality of times of process from the intermediate transfer body onto the recording medium, and is characterized in that a drying step included in the last process among a plurality of times of drying step included in the plurality of times of process has the lowest drying capacity and the longest drying time.