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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Ikuta, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Takeda, Kannami Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Itou, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhito Noda, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Takayasu Aoki, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Takafumi Hara, Nagaizumi Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus which forms an decolorable image and an non-decolorable image by fixing a toner image including a decolorable toner and a toner image including a non-decolorable toner or a medium. The decolorable toner has a first peak of a loss tangent tan δ at a temperature T, and the non-decolorable toner has a first peak of a loss tangent tan δ at a temperature T. A difference between the temperature Tand the temperature Tis within 20° C.