Image forming method and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Masuda, Kazumi Suzuki, Toyoshi Sawada, Akira Azami
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Abstract
An image forming method is provided. The image forming method includes: forming an electrostatic latent image on an electrostatic latent image bearer; developing the electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer with a toner to form a toner image; transferring the toner image from the electrostatic latent image bearer onto a continuous resin film; fixing the toner image on the continuous resin film with a heat roller or a heat belt. The toner contains a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in a main chain.
Claims14
An image forming method, comprising:
- forming an electrostatic latent image on an electrostatic latent image bearer;
- developing the electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer with a toner to form a toner image;
- transferring the toner image from the electrostatic latent image bearer onto a continuous resin film;
- fixing the toner image on the continuous resin film with a heat roller or a heat belt,
- wherein the toner contains a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in a main chain, and a polyethylene block and a polybutene block, and
- wherein the maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in the main chain has a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an electrostatic latent image bearer;
- an electrostatic latent image forming device configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer;
- a developing device accommodating a developer containing a toner, the developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer with the developer to form a toner image;
- a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image from the electrostatic latent image bearer onto a continuous resin film;
- a fixing device configured to fix the toner image on the continuous resin film,
- wherein the toner contains a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a main chain containing a polypropylene block and wherein the maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in the main chain has a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more and has a polyethylene block and a polybutene block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.