Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Akira Shimizu

Toshio Ogiso

Chikara Hiraoka

Shigeru Obata

Masaru Nakano

Shogo Matsumoto

Toru Hanashima

Kazuo Kikuchi

Kazushige Oonishi

Hiromitsu Fukuda

Katsuyoshi Onose

Shoji Ukei

Toru Ohashi

An image forming and recording apparatus, having a fixing apparatus for fixing unfixed toner image on a recording medium, wherein the fixing apparatus includes a fixing roller integrating a heater therein, an endless belt wound around the fixing roller, and three pressure members for pressing the endless belt onto the fixing roller. A pressure member located nearest to a side of entry of paper among the three pressure members is made up with a non-rotary type pressure member, and other two pressure members are made up with either one of a rotary type pressure member and the non-rotary type pressure member.

Image forming and recording apparatus with three pressure members

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Hitachi, Japan

Tsuyoshi Koyama