Method and apparatus for forming image on a member with image forming liquid by selective application of heat and/or pressure

An apparatus for forming a resin image on the surface of an image-bearing member by depositing finely-divided resin particles dispersed in a dispersion medium for use in an image-forming liquid on the surface of said image-bearing member capable of repelling said dispersion medium of said image-forming liquid, which comprises:

• means for storing said image-forming liquid comprising said dispersion medium in pre-established liquid state and said finely-divided resin particles dispersed in said dispersion medium;
• means for supplying said image-forming liquid in said storing means to said image-bearing member in such a fashion that the surface of said image-bearing member comes in contact with said image-forming liquid;
• means for selectively applying heat and/or pressure to said image-bearing member or said image-forming liquid, with said image-forming liquid being in contact with said image-bearing member;
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• means for controlling said heat-application means and/or pressure-application means in accordance with signals corresponding to an image to be formed.