Image forming apparatus and process

摘要

An image forming process including the steps of: (a) providing an image transfer material having a transfer recording layer formed from a heat transfer material and an image receiving sheet; (b) image-wisely applying a transferability promoting material to one of the heat transfer material and the image receiving sheet to form a latent image; and (c) applying pressure and heat to the image transfer material to form an image on the image receiving material from the latent image.