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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Hitoshi Funato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Funato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that heats and fixes a toner image created on a recording medium; and a cooling unit that cools the toner image heated and fixed by the fixing unit with reference to a melting point of wax contained in the toner image from a temperature higher than the melting point to a temperature lower than the melting point.