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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2010
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, 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 plasticizers which soften or swell at least part of the fine resin particles, wherein the plasticizers contain a liquid plasticizer which is liquid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent.