Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Image forming process and printed article
 Disclosed herein is an image forming process, comprising the steps of: PA1 ejecting droplets of a liquid ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing sheet; PA1 bringing the printing sheet into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye to diffuse the disperse dye into the receiving layer; and PA1 separating the printing sheet from the base material, wherein the receiving layer comprises a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400. 
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Tadayoshi Tokuya Shoji
Inamoto Ohta Koike