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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Takashi Bisaiji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroomi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokatsu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ishikake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Bisaiji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroomi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokatsu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ishikake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of housing units that houses toners of mutually different colors, at least one toner inside of the plurality of housing units being to be used for forming a toner image on a recording medium; and a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium to the recording medium, wherein a housing unit among the plurality of housing units that houses a toner with a lowest peak temperature of loss elastic modulus is disposed in a portion with a lower temperature than a temperature of a portion where another housing unit is disposed, or in a position farther from the fixing unit than a portion where another housing unit is disposed.