摘要 |
Image forming apparatus and method for forming a visible image on an image recording medium using a photosensitive medium having a substrate and a photosensitive image forming layer thereon and an intermediate supporting medium having a support member and a thermal adhesive layer thereon, comprising an electrophotographic unit for electrophotographically forming a latent image on the photosensitive image forming layer and developing the latent image into a visible image, a first image transferring unit for transferring the photosensitive image forming layer having the visible image thereon from the photosensitive medium to the intermediate supporting medium with heat and pressure, and a second image transferring unit for transferring the photosensitive image forming layer having the visible image thereon from the intermediate supporting medium to an image recording medium under heat and pressure.
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