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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Takao Yamanouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazue Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Michiyo Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamanouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazue Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Michiyo Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technology, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method including a process for forming a transparent toner layer on an image formed on a support, the method including steps of supplying a transparent toner on an image on a support, and heating and then cooling the image on the support having the transparent toner while the image on the support having the transparent toner being in contact with a belt, wherein the transparent toner contains a resin constituted by a polyester and a styrene-acryl copolymer, a monoester compound represented by Formula I, and a hydrocarbon compound having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure,R—COO—R  Formula I: