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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Tadashi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, multiple toners are superimposed, formed and layered, on a recording medium and a toner image is made. The toner that superimposed lastly on the recording medium, that is, a top layer of toner, has a toner fixing characteristic value that causes the top layer of toner to be fixed on the recording medium by lower temperature than one or all of the other multiple toners. This provides for a better fixing quality.