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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium, the fixing solution including: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and which softens or swells at least part of the fine resin particles while dissolved in the diluent.