Image forming method and image forming apparatus

摘要

The present invention relates to an image forming method comprising the steps of forming visible images in application of an ink, which at least include an ink solvent and a color material, onto a recording medium having a porous layer on a surface of the medium from a side of the porous layer; conveying the recording medium from a location for forming images to a location for a subsequent process; and flattening the surface of the recording medium formed with visible images by pressing the surface while heated to form a flattened layer. And in a nip region that the surface of the recording medium formed with visible images is pressed, a point A at which the ink solvent contained the recording medium reaches the boiling point is located upstream of a point B at which the porous layer of the recording medium loses the liquid permeation properly of the porous layer.