Image recording body and image forming apparatus by use of the same

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(Amended) An image forming apparatus for use in a recording body comprising a material having thermal changeable character of wettability, said image forming apparatus comprising:

• a light source emitting scannable light (including an electromagnetic wave);
• and
• liquid layer forming means for forming a liquid layer on a surface of said recording body exposed to light during writing operation, said liquid layer not showing a repelling property for said recording layer.

An image recording body comprising:

• a recording layer having a light-heat converting agent dispersed therein;
• and
• a base body carrying said recording layer, wherein said base body has a finely irregular structure provided on a surface of a recording layer side of said base body in order to inhibit regular reflection of light which is used for writing and passes through said recording layer.

A carrier for an image recording body carrying a image recording medium on a surface of said carrier, said image recording medium being transparent for light which is used for recording, said carrier comprising a reflecting layer provided on said surface of said carrier in order to inhibit regular reflection of incident light which is used for recording.

A carrier for an image recording body carrying a image recording medium on a surface of said carrier, said image recording medium being transparent for light which is used for recording, said carrier including a surface thereof having a finely irregularly structure

An image recording body for use in an image forming apparatus in which said image recording body comprising:

• a recording layer having thermal changeable character of wettability;
• and a substrate carrying said recording layer is heated to form a latent image on said recording layer and said latent image is then developed to transfer to a recording paper, wherein said recording body has a surface having a roughness of less than 20 μm.

(Deletion)

An image recording body for use in an image forming apparatus in which said image recording body comprising:

• a recording layer having thermal changeable character of wettability;
• and a substrate carrying said recording layer is heated to form a latent image on said recording layer and said latent image is then developed to transfer to a recording paper, wherein said recording layer has a Young's modulus of less than 1.0×107 N/m2 and a thickness of more than 2 μm.

An image recording body for use in an image forming apparatus in which said image recording body comprising:

• a recording layer having thermal changeable character of wettability;
• and a substrate carrying said recording layer is heated to form a latent image on said recording layer and said latent image is then developed to transfer to a recording paper, wherein said substrate has a Young's modulus of less than 1.0×108 N/m2 and a thickness of more than 25 μm.

An image recording body for use in an image forming apparatus in which said image recording body comprising:

• a recording layer having thermal changeable character of wettability;
• a substrate;
• and a cushion layer having a elastic property and provided between said substrate and said recording layer is heated to form a latent image on said recording layer and said latent image is then developed to transfer to a recording paper, wherein said cushion layer has a Young's modulus of less than 8.0×107 N/m2 and a thickness of more than 5 μm.

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A method for removing an ink remaining on an image recording body having thermal changeable character of wettability, said method comprising the steps of:

• coating an involatilizable or a volalilizable solvent which is contained in a recording ink on said recording body;
• and then
• wiping said solvent thus coated.

A method for removing an ink remaining on an image recording body having thermal changeable character of wettability, said method comprising the steps of:

• coating a liquid which is compatible with a resin and a pigment which are contained in a recording ink on said recording body;
• and then
• supersonically cleaning said recording body.

A method for removing an ink remaining on an image recording body having thermal changeable character of wettability, said method comprising the steps of:

• coating an involatilizable solvent which is contained in a recording ink on said recording body;
• and then
• supersonically cleaning said recording body.

(Deletion)

A method for removing an ink remaining on a surface of an image recording body having thermal changeable character of wettability, said method comprising the steps of:

• bringing an element having a rougher surface that that of said recording body into contact with said surface of said recording body developed already;
• and then
• stripping said element from said surface of said recording body so as to remove said remaining ink on said surface of said recording body together with said element.

A method for removing an ink remaining on a surface of an image recording body having thermal changeable character of wettability, said method comprising the steps of:

• forming a solid film on said surface of said recording body developed already;
• and then
• stripping said solid film from said surface of said recording body so as to remove said remaining ink on said surface of said recording body together with said solid film.

An image forming apparatus comprising an image forming means for forming a latent image on an image region by selectively heating a non-image region of a recording body, in which said latent image formed on said recording body being developed to transfer into a recording paper,

• wherein said image forming means comprises a plurality of heating sources (i.e., multi-head) for heating said recording body and said plurality of heating sources are capable of writing the same pixel.

An image forming apparatus comprising an image forming means for forming a latent image on an image region by selectively heating a non-image region of a recording body, in which said latent image formed on said recording body being developed to transfer into a recording paper,

• wherein said image forming means has a function that a writing heat amount can be adjusted.

The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 60, wherein a rotating axis of said motor or said rotating multi-face mirror is provided with a disk-like mass member having a weight equal to or more than that of said rotating multi-face mirror.