Dye transfer color electrophotography

Abstract

Abstract A METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR IMAGE WHICH COMPRISES, FORMING AN IMAGE WITH AN IMAGING MATERIAL ON A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER, THE MEMBER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISED OF A HYDROPHILIC FILM-FORMING MATERIAL WHICH CAN ABSORB A DYE DISSOLVED IN A POLAR SOLVENT THEREOF, FIXING THE IMAGE, PLACING THE IMAGE-BEARING MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH A DYE SOLUTION WHEREBY THE DYE IS ABSORBED IN THE SURFACE, AND THEN BRINGING THE DYE ABSORBED MEMBER INTO CONTACT WITH A DYE-RECEIVING MEMBER WHEREBY THE DYE IS TRANSFERRED ONTO THE RECEIVING MEMBER, THUS OBTAINING A DYE IMAGE, SUBJECTED TO THE PROVISION THAT THE IMAGING MATERIAL PREVENTS THE ABSORPTION OF DYE TO THE SURFACE. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 Masamichi Sato
• 👤 Satoru Honjo

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