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US 2010/0074654 A1Published application
Liquid Developer and Image Forming Apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomotake HIRAGA, Takashi TESHIMA
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Abstract
A liquid developer includes: toner particles containing a rosin resin; an insulating liquid in which the toner particles are dispersed; and a dispersant having plural cyclic structures containing a secondary amine and/or a tertiary amine.
Claims14
A liquid developer comprising:
- toner particles containing a rosin resin;
- an insulating liquid in which the toner particles are dispersed;
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- a dispersant having plural cyclic structures containing a secondary amine and/or a tertiary amine.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- plural developing parts configured to form plural monochrome images corresponding to plural liquid developers of different colors using the plural liquid developers;
- an intermediate transfer part configured such that the plural monochrome images formed in the plural developing parts are sequentially transferred thereon to form an intermediate transfer image by superimposing the transferred plural monochrome images;
- a secondary transfer part configured to transfer the intermediate transfer image to a recording medium to form an unfixed color image on the recording medium;
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- a fixing part configured to fix the unfixed color image on the recording medium,
- wherein the liquid developers include toner particles containing a rosin resin, an insulating liquid in which the toner particles are dispersed and a dispersant having plural cyclic structures containing a secondary amine and/or a tertiary amine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.