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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Susumu Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming method includes developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor with a toner, transferring a formed toner image onto a recording material, and fixing the toner image on a surface of the recording material, in which a storage elastic modulus of the toner is 2.0×10Pa or more at 70° C. and 4.0×10Pa or less at 90° C., and in the fixing, a fixing belt having an elastic layer which contains a material having a storage elastic modulus of 1.0×10Pa or more and 2.5×10Pa or less at 200° C. is used.