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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kana Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Kuribayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyuki Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Funaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit, an electrostatic charge image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit including a fixing belt, a pressurizing rotator that forms a nip by pressurizing an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt, a sliding member that slides on an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt in the nip, and a pressing member that presses the fixing belt in the direction of the pressurizing rotator, wherein a toner to be used includes a binder resin containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin and has specific physical properties described in the specification, and paraffin wax having a melting temperature of 60° C. to 80° C., and an absolute value of a difference between the melting temperature of the crystalline resin and the melting temperature of the paraffin wax is 10° C. or less.