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An image forming method and apparatus for forming an image on an image receiving medium with plural coating liquids. A plurality of types of coating liquid are combined to form a recording liquid and extruded as a continuous flow from an array of plural extruding ports which are aligned in a directi

An image forming method and apparatus for forming an image on an image receiving medium with plural coating liquids. A plurality of types of coating liquid are combined to form a recording liquid and extruded as a continuous flow from an array of plural extruding ports which are aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to a relative movement direction of the image receiving medium. While a mixing ratio of the plural coating liquids is varied based on an image signal, the recording liquid is continuously applied on the image receiving medium to form the image thereon. The high-speed image formation is enabled with a reduced amount of ink to be wasted. Preferably, the plurality of types of the coating liquid are not equally mixed but can be superimposed in the form of a layer in the coating thickness direction to be continuously applied.

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1. An image forming method for forming an image on an image receiving medium with a plurality of coating liquids, comprising the steps of:a) providing an array of extruding ports aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to a relative movement direction of the image receiving medium; b) combin

1. An image forming method for forming an image on an image receiving medium with a plurality of coating liquids, comprising the steps of:a) providing an array of extruding ports aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to a relative movement direction of the image receiving medium; b) combining said coating liquids extruded in each of the extruding ports to form a recording liquid and extruding said recording liquid from each of said extruding ports, a mixing ratio of said coating liquids in the recording liquid being varied based on an image signal; and c) transferring said recording liquid to said image receiving medium as a continuous flow while said image receiving medium is moved in the relative movement direction with respect to said extruding ports; whereby a laminar flow of said recording liquid having layers of the coating liquids is continuously applied on said image receiving medium to form the image.