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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Koji Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuko Fujisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Anju Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Kishio Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a fixing solution and an image forming method in which faster fixing rate and faster drying rate can be achieved while the amount of fixing solution supplied is reduced and furthermore, a wet feeling in a formed image is reduced and an image having a high fixing strength can be formed. A fixing solution that softens a toner to fix a toner image constituted by the toner to an image support contains a hydroxyl group-containing ester compound expressed by general formula (1) below:R—(CO)—O—R  general formula (1):where Rrepresents a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 11 carbon atoms, and Rrepresents a linear or branched alkyl group having at least one hydroxyl group and 2 to 4 carbon atoms.