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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Osamu Uchinokura, Numazu, JP;
Akihiro Kotsugai, Numazu, JP;
Yasuo Asahina, Numazu, JP;
Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinya Nakayama, Numazu, JP;
Kohichi Sakata, Numazu, JP;
Tomoko Utsumi, Ebina, JP;
Hisashi Nakajima, Numazu, JP;
Yasuaki Iwamoto, Numazu, JP;
Hideki Sugiura, Fuji, JP;
Satoshi Mochizuki, Numazu, JP;
Osamu Uchinokura, Numazu, JP;
Akihiro Kotsugai, Numazu, JP;
Yasuo Asahina, Numazu, JP;
Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinya Nakayama, Numazu, JP;
Kohichi Sakata, Numazu, JP;
Tomoko Utsumi, Ebina, JP;
Hisashi Nakajima, Numazu, JP;
Yasuaki Iwamoto, Numazu, JP;
Hideki Sugiura, Fuji, JP;
Satoshi Mochizuki, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method including: forming a toner image on a support using a toner including toner particles; and feeding the support bearing the toner image thereon through a nip between an endless toner heating member and a pressure roller to fix the toner image on the support, wherein the endless toner heating member is rotated while stretched by a fixing roller and a heat roller which includes a magnetic metal and which is heated by electromagnetic induction, and wherein the pressure roller presses the support to the endless toner heating member and the fixing roller at the nip, wherein the toner particles are prepared by a polymerizing method using a binder resin containing at least a modified polyester resin.