Image forming method and apparatus

摘要

In order to transfer a transfer recording layer 7 in a transfer medium 9 onto the surface of a receptor 15, a solution that lowers the transfer temperature or a sticky solution is applied image-wise to the surface of either the transfer recording layer 7 or the receptor 15 so as to form a latent image; then, whichever of the transfer medium 9 or the receptor 15 that have the latent image formed thereon or both are heated by a thermal drying means 11 to evaporate at least a portion of the solvent contained in the formed latent image; subsequently, the transfer medium 9 and the receptor 15 are heated, with the surface of the transfer recording layer 7 in intimate contact with that of the receptor 15, so that the transfer recording layer 7 in areas corresponding to the ones where the latent image has been formed is transferred onto the receptor 15.