Image forming method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMakoto Kobayashi, Shingo Fujimoto, Takao Yamanouchi, Kazuya Isobe, Hirofumi Koga
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electrophotographic image forming method which comprises steps of forming a toner image on an image support, fixing the toner image on the image support in a fixing nip section of a fixing device employing a contact heating system and the toner contains a first releasing agent, a dynamic viscosity of the first releasing agent is 4-20 mm2/sec; and a fixing temperature in the fixing nip section of the fixing device is 75-100° C. higher than a melting point of the first releasing agent.
Claims12
An image forming method comprising the steps of
- forming a toner image on an image support,
- fixing the toner image on the image support in a fixing nip section of a fixing device employing a contact heating system, wherein
- the toner contains a first releasing agent,
- a dynamic viscosity of the first releasing agent is 4-20 mm2/sec;
- and
- a fixing temperature in the fixing nip section of the fixing device is 75-100° C. higher than a melting point of the first releasing agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.