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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Fumitaka Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kudo, Mitaka, JP;
Yuichiro Maehara, Hino, JP;
Masahiko Kurachi, Hino, JP;
Kenji Sakka, Hachioji, JP;
Fumitaka Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kudo, Mitaka, JP;
Yuichiro Maehara, Hino, JP;
Masahiko Kurachi, Hino, JP;
Kenji Sakka, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an intermediate transfer member, a method of producing the same, and an image forming method and an image forming apparatus thereof having excellent effects such that neither crack nor rupture is generated upon repetitive use, no transferring ratio drops during secondary transfer, and neither white patch of an text image nor white patch of a solid image is generated. Also disclosed is an intermediate transfer member used for an image forming apparatus, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member has a hardness of 1.5-3.0 GPa, measured by a nano indentation method, and a hardness of 0.15-0.45 GPa, specified by a universal hardness method.