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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobutaka Kinoshita, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuo Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Kuramoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Oyamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/301 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/301 ;
Abstract
A method of forming images on an image receiving material including a non-contact thermal fusing image fixing step employs a black toner made of black toner particles, a yellow toner made of yellow toner particles, a magenta toner made of magenta toner particles and a cyan toner made of cyan toner particles, the black toner particles having a greater volume mean diameter than the volume mean diameter of the toner particles of any of the yellow toner, the magenta toner and the cyan toner.