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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Yasuo Kadokura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masaaki Suwabe, Minamiashigara, JP;
Shuji Sato, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hiroshi Kamada, Minamiashigara, JP;
Takao Ishiyama, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming process including the steps of: forming a latent image; developing the latent image with a toner to form a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a receiving body; and fixing the toner image to the receiving body, wherein the step of fixing is carried out using a fixing device including a heat-fixing roller, an endless belt, and a pressure member to allow the endless belt to travel around the heat-fixing roller at a given angle such that a nip is produced through which a recording sheet passes, with the pressure member being pressed to distort the heat-resistant elastic layer in the heat-fixing roller, and wherein the toner for developing the electrostatic latent image satisfies predetermined requirements.