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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Yoshio Tani, Shizuoka, JP;
Masataka Murata, Shizuoka, JP;
Sadao Okano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming process which can effectively suppress the occurrence of separation electrification between a belt surface layer and an image-receiving layer of an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet at a cooling and separation unit, prevent dust from adsorbing to charges at each surface thereof, and print high quality images having near-photographic quality, in which a belt-fixing smoothing device having a heating and pressuring member, a belt member, a cooling device, and a cooling and separating unit is used to conduct fixing treatment to an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet. In this case, a surface resistivity (SR) of one side of the image-receiving sheet on which an image is formed satisfies the formula 1.0×10Ω/cm≦SR≦1.0×10Ω/cm, and a surface resistivity (SR) of one side of the belt member which becomes in contact with the image satisfies the formula SR≦1.0×10Ω/cm.