Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorSatoru MURAI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first toner image forming unit, a second toner image forming unit, and a transfer section. The first toner image forming unit forms a first toner image with use of a first toner. The first toner has a complex viscosity that falls within a range from 625 Pascal-seconds to 3860 Pascal-seconds, both inclusive, at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade. The second toner image forming unit forms a second toner image with use of a second toner. The transfer section transfers the first toner image onto a print medium, and transfers the second toner image onto the print medium in a region that overlaps a portion or all of a region where the first toner image has been transferred. The print medium includes a polymer compound.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first toner image forming unit that forms a first toner image with use of a first toner, the first toner having a complex viscosity that falls within a range from 625 Pascal-seconds to 3860 Pascal-seconds, both inclusive, at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade;
- a second toner image forming unit that forms a second toner image with use of a second toner;
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- a transfer section that transfers the first toner image onto a print medium, and transfers the second toner image onto the print medium in a region that overlaps a portion or all of a region where the first toner image has been transferred, the print medium including a polymer compound.
An image forming method comprising:
- forming a first toner image with use of a first toner, the first toner having a complex viscosity that falls within a range from 625 Pascal-seconds to 3860 Pascal-seconds, both inclusive, at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade;
- forming a second toner image with use of a second toner;
- transferring the first toner image onto a print medium, the print medium including a polymer compound;
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- transferring, after the transferring of the first toner image onto the print medium, the second toner image onto the print medium in a region that overlaps a portion or all of a region where the first toner image has been transferred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.