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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Kuribayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyuki Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Funaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Kana Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit which includes a belt member having an outer peripheral surface which contacts an image holding member, and a transfer member, and the belt member is wound around both of the image holding member and the transfer member, 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.