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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tatsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Nogami, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitaro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takako Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Yoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image holding member, a charging device, a latent image forming device, a developing device that stores a liquid developer containing a toner and a non-volatile carrier liquid, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrostatic latent image holding member by the liquid developer to form a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a surface of an impermeable recording medium, and a fixing device, wherein when the SP value of the toner is set as SP(t), the SP value of the non-volatile carrier liquid is set as SP(c), and the SP value of the recording medium is set as SP(m), an absolute value of a difference between SP(t) and SP(c) is from 1.5 to 7.0 and the following relational expression (A) is satisfied:|()−()|>|()−()|.  Relational expression (A)