Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

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Kunihiko Sato

Kosuke Yamada

Sakon Takahashi

Kazuhiko Arai

Yutaka Kiuchi

Sachio Sasaki

Masayo Higashimura

Mitsuhiro Matsumoto

Yuki Nagamori

Masatoshi Kimura

Atsumi Kurita

Masaaki Takahashi

Nobumasa Furuya

Hiroshi Nou

Kenji Fuke

Shin Araki

Hideaki Iwasaki

Koji Nishimura

Yoshihiro Tonomoto

Keitaro Mori

Daisuke Haruyama

Aya Kakishima

Mitsuhiro Mori

Eiji Suzuki

Akira Iwaishi

Katsumi Sugimoto

Akira Nagahara

Atsushi Tano

Junzo Nakajima

Keiko Tonai

Tsutomu Kawai

Hitoshi Yoshii

Hiroyasu Ishijima

Shozo Tonai

Makoto Kato

Makoto Hirota

Takayuki Yamashita

Yoko Miyamoto

Jun Abe

Shinichi Kuramoto

Shuji Koike

Tomoyuki Yoshii

Akihiro Iizuka

Motoko Sakai

Kazuhiko Hirokawa

Kazutoshi Sugitani

Jun Kodama

Daisuke Nakai

Masao Konishi

Tetsu Takahashi

Masahiro Wanou

Masayoshi Nakao

Hideki Kamaji

Katsuya Shimatsu

Yasuaki Watanabe

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Motomichi Shibano

Takefumi Takahashi

Tomohisa Mikami

Nobuo Kuwabara

Naoyuki Fujimoto

Yoshiya Mashimo

Kouichi Sanpei

Hiroyuki Inoue

Shigenobu Utaka

Yoichi Watanabe

Masae Ikeda

Kazunori Numao

Toshio Tooda

Shinichi Kawamata

Mikio Amaya

Hisashi Hanzawa

Akiyoshi Iwamasa

Akihiko Ishii

Futoshi Okabayashi

Takamasa Araki

Yoshimi Takizawa

Ryo Kitao

Toshihiro Yukawa

An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms a first toner layer on a medium on which an image is to be formed, a first fixing unit that fixes the first toner layer onto the medium, a second image forming unit that forms a second toner layer on the first toner layer on the medium by using a toner having a melting point lower than a melting point of a toner that is included in the first toner layer, and a second fixing unit that performs, in a state in which a foil layer is superposed on the second toner layer, a fixing operation at a temperature lower than a temperature at which the first fixing unit performs a fixing operation.

Image forming apparatus and foil-printed image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms a first toner layer on a medium on which an image is to be formed, a foil layer forming unit that forms a foil layer on the first toner layer on a surface of the medium on which an image is to be formed, and a second image forming unit that forms a second toner layer below the foil layer on the surface of the medium, on which an image is to be formed, in such a manner as to compensate for image steps that are formed by the first toner layer.

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer member that transfers an image on the image carrier to a continuous medium, a fixing device that fixes the image transferred to the medium, and a transport member that is disposed downstream of the fixing device in a transport direction of the medium and that transports the medium. When the transport member transports the medium, the fixing device is passively rotated in accordance with movement of the medium.

Image forming apparatus with passively rotating fixing device

A winding device includes: a separation unit that separates sheets layered and simultaneously transported; a winding unit that winds one of the sheets separated by the separation unit; and a pressure contact unit that presses the one of the sheets wound by the winding unit from outside of the wound sheet toward the winding unit.

Winding device and label printing apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers an image carried by the image carrier to a continuous medium; a fixing device that fixes the image transferred to the continuous medium; a determination unit that determines whether or not a tension is applied to the continuous medium; and a controller that drives the fixing device if a tension is applied to the continuous medium.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers an image carried by the image carrier to a continuous medium; a fixing device including a first fixing member that contacts the continuous medium and heats the image transferred to the continuous medium and a second fixing member that is disposed so as to face the first fixing member with the continuous medium therebetween and presses the image, the fixing device fixing the image transferred to the continuous medium, the fixing device being configured so that the first fixing member and the second fixing member are capable of contacting or separating from each other; and a separation member that contacts the continuous medium and separates the continuous medium from the first fixing member when the first fixing member and the second fixing member separate from each other.

Image forming apparatus and fixing device

An image forming apparatus includes: a setting part that sets image data; an image forming part that forms an image based on the image data on a base member of a recording material; a groove forming part having an opposing member mounted on a portion facing the base member of having an image, the groove forming part urging a projecting part against the recording material to form a groove in the base member; an acquisition part that acquires a type of the opposing member; a storage part that stores a content of the image data and the type of the opposing member in an associated manner; and a control part that controls an image forming operation, on the basis of the association between the content of the image data and the type of the opposing member stored in the storage part in an associated manner.

Image forming apparatus having a groove forming part to form a groove on a base member

Provided is an image forming apparatus including plural image forming portions that form an image on a recording medium, and a transport unit that transports the recording medium to at least one image forming portion selected among the plural image forming portions, wherein the transport unit includes plural transport paths that are different at least in an image forming portion, to which the recording medium is transported, among the plural image forming portions, and in an order of the recording medium transported to each image forming portion constituting the image forming portion to which the recording medium is transported.

A cooling device cools a continuous resin film, which is transported and onto which a toner image is transferred, after the toner image is heated so that the toner image is fixed to the resin film. The resin film to which the toner image is fixed is cooled in such a manner that an image surface side of the resin film is convexly curved.

Cooling device, image forming apparatus, and cooling method

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a controller. The image forming unit forms an image on a continuous recording medium by transferring to the continuous recording medium a toner image obtained by developing a latent image formed on a photoreceptor. The controller controls the image forming unit such that an image based on image information is formed in a specific image area on the continuous recording medium, and at the same time, a specific image pattern is formed in a specific side area outside the image area on the continuous recording medium.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable medium having image density adjustment control

A developing device includes a first developer holder and a second developer holder. The first developer holder is disposed so as to face an image holding member and rotates so as to move in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the image holding member at a first facing portion. The second developer holder is disposed downstream from the first developer holder in the direction of movement of the image holding member so as to face the image holding member and rotates so as to move in the same direction as the image holding member moves at a second facing portion. A value obtained by dividing an amount of developer per unit area held on the first developer holder by a shortest distance between the image holding member and the first developer holder is approximately in a range from 1.00&#xd7;10kg/mto 1.60&#xd7;10kg/m.

Developing device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a toner image holding member, a transfer unit, and a supply unit. The toner image holding member holds a toner image. The transfer unit transfers the toner image held by the toner image holding member to a recording medium. The supply unit supplies powder such that the powder is interposed between an end portion of the recording medium and the toner image holding member and/or the transfer unit if the recording medium includes an intermediate adhesive layer.

A fixing device includes a fixing section that includes rotatable members arranged to form a nip area through which a strip-shaped medium passes, and heaters that heat the rotatable members; and a control section. The fixing section applies heat and pressure to a toner image that is formed on the medium and passes through the nip area via the rotatable members heated by the heaters to fix the toner image onto the medium. The control section performs such control that the rotation of the rotatable members is stopped when the temperature of contact portions of the rotatable members that are in contact with the medium is lower than or equal to a first temperature that is lower than a temperature at which a portion of the medium softens.

Fixing device and image forming apparatus

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kunihiko Sato