It is an object of the present invention to provide an image-recording
process and an image-recording apparatus, even at high density image and
high speed image output, capable of suppressing the occurrence of curl in
the final image sheet, and controlling and giving the desired direction
and size of the curl. For this purpose, an image-recording process
includes recording an image on an image-recording material which includes
a thermoplastic resin contained layer on a support, heating the
image-recording material to a temperature higher than a glass transition
temperature of thermoplastic resin in the thermoplastic resin contained
layer, controlling the curl by contacting a curl controlling member with
at least a part of the image-recording material, and cooling the
image-recording material to a temperature below the glass transition
temperature of the thermoplastic resin.