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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Masaharu Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Asao Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Go Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Asao Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Go Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method comprising the steps of: (i) charging a surface of a photoreceptor; (ii) exposing the charged photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; (iii) developing the electrostatic latent image using a toner comprising at least a release agent to form a toner image; (iv) transferring the toner image on the photoreceptor to a transfer material; and (v) fixing the toner image transferred on the transfer material employing a contact-heating fixing devise comprising a pair of belts, wherein the releasing agent comprises a first release agent component containing a monoester compound represented by Formula (1) and a second release agent component containing a hydrocarbon having a branched chain structure, wherein a content of the first release agent is 40 to 98% by mass, based on a total mass of the first release agent component and the second release agent component:R—COO—R.  Formula (1)