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A transfer recording medium comprising a transfer recording layer is provided. The transfer recording layer causes an irreversible change in transfer characteristic when provided with plural kinds of energies such as heat, light and pressure energies. Such plural energies are applied to the transfer

A transfer recording medium comprising a transfer recording layer is provided. The transfer recording layer causes an irreversible change in transfer characteristic when provided with plural kinds of energies such as heat, light and pressure energies. Such plural energies are applied to the transfer recording layer with at least one energy applied imagewise to provided a transferable portion or latent image portion in the transfer recording layer. The transferable portion is then transferred to a medium such as plain paper. The provision of plural kinds of energies aids in realization of high quality multi-color transfer image in a compact apparatus through functional separation of image formation and transfer operations. Further, even a multi-color image can be obtained through a single transfer step.

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An image forming apparatus for a method wherein a transferable portion is formed in a transfer recording layer of a transfer recording medium, transported in a predetermined direction and is then transferred to a transfer-receiving medium to form an image thereon, said apparatus comprising: transfer

An image forming apparatus for a method wherein a transferable portion is formed in a transfer recording layer of a transfer recording medium, transported in a predetermined direction and is then transferred to a transfer-receiving medium to form an image thereon, said apparatus comprising: transferable portion-forming means for imparting heat and light energies so that at least one of the heat and light energies corresponds to an image signal, thereby forming the transferable portion, and transfer means for transferring the transferable portion formed in said transfer recording layer; said transfer means being disposed downstream of the transfer portion-forming means with respect to the transporting direction of the transfer recording medium.