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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Kuribayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyuki Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kana Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Funaba, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt, a pressurizing rotator that forms a nip portion between the fixing belt and the pressurizing rotator by pressurizing an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt, a first heating rotator that is provided so as to contact an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt in the nip portion and heats the fixing belt, and a second heating unit that heats the fixing belt separately from the first heating rotator, wherein a toner to be used has physical properties described in the specification and includes an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin, and paraffin wax having a melting temperature of 60° C. to 80° C., and an absolute value of a difference in a melting temperature between the crystalline resin and the paraffin wax is 10° C. or less.