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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a surface of a recording medium by toner, wherein the toner includes a releasing agent and satisfies T<T, where T(° C.) represents a melting point of the releasing agent and T(° C.) represents a temperature at which an elastic modulus of the toner is 1×10Pa, the fixing device includes a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion in this order along a conveyance direction of the recording medium, the first fixing portion presses and heats the toner image such that a maximum temperature T(° C.) of the surface of the recording medium satisfies T≦T<T, and the second fixing portion presses and heats the toner image such that a maximum temperature T(° C.) of the surface of the recording medium satisfies T≧T.