Image forming method and image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakayuki Higuchi, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Beibei Yang, Norihiro Hirai
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Abstract
An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a sheet by using a toner including a first binder resin; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution capable of softening the first binder resin so as to fix the toner image to the sheet. The first binder resin is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component. The first alcohol component contains 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component contains polyvalent carboxylic acid. A molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
Claims20
An image forming method comprising:
- forming a toner image on a sheet by using a toner including a first binder resin;
- and
- applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution capable of softening the first binder resin so as to fix the toner image to the sheet,
- wherein the first binder resin is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component, the first alcohol component containing 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component containing polyvalent carboxylic acid;
- and
- a molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a toner image forming part which has a toner accommodating part accommodating a toner, and which is configured to form a toner image on a sheet by using the toner;
- and
- a fixing part configured to apply a fixing solution to the toner image so as to fix the toner image to the sheet,
- wherein the toner is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component, the first alcohol component containing 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component containing polyvalent carboxylic acid;
- and
- a molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.