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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Masaki Nakamura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Toshimizu Ozawa, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yoshinari Ueno, Minamiashigara, JP;
Norihito Fukushima, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hirokazu Hamano, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yuka Ishihara, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masaki Nakamura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Toshimizu Ozawa, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yoshinari Ueno, Minamiashigara, JP;
Norihito Fukushima, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hirokazu Hamano, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yuka Ishihara, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus and an image forming method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin are provided. The image forming apparatus passes a transfer medium having unfixed images formed of the toner containing a crystalline resin between a heating member and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images, using a cooling unit that controls a surface temperature of the pressurizing member in which the surface temperature is controlled to a melting point of the crystalline resin +30° C. or lower.