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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Takashi Imai, Minamiashigara, JP;
Akihiro Iizuka, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yoshifumi Iida, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hiroshi Nakazawa, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masanori Ichimura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image-forming method including a step of forming a layer of a developer on a surface of a developer support member disposed facing a latent image support member, a developing step of developing an electrostatic latent image on the latent image support member using the layer of the developer formed to obtain a toner image, a transferring step of transferring the toner image onto a transfer material and a fixing step of fixing the transferred toner image, wherein the developer support member has therein a development magnetic pole in which a magnetic force of a main pole is 100 mT or more, said developer having a toner and a carrier which has a volume average particle diameter of 50 .mu.m or less, and image formation method is conducted at a process speed of 200 mm/sec or more. In the image-forming method of the invention, high-quality images free from blurring in a half-tone portion adjacent to a solid image can be formed in a high-speed image-forming process using the two-component developer of a small particle diameter without migration of the carrier into the latent image.