Image forming method, image forming device and set
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakayuki HIGUCHI, Tatsuya EZAKA, Norihiro HIRAI, Hisakazu TAJIMA
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Abstract
An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a print medium by using a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight-chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution containing an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C. so as to fix the toner image to the print medium.
Claims20
An image forming method comprising:
- forming a toner image on a print medium by using a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight-chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid;
- and
- applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution containing an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C. so as to fix the toner image to the print medium.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a toner image forming section configured to form a toner image in a print medium;
- and
- a fixing section accommodating a fixing solution and configured to apply the fixing solution to the toner image so as to fix the toner image to the print medium, wherein the toner image forming section has:
- a photosensitive drum;
- a charging section configured to charge a surface of the photosensitive drum;
- an exposing section configured to expose the surface of the photosensitive drum so as to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive drum;
- a developing section configured to supply a toner to the surface of the photosensitive drum so as to develop the electrostatic latent image and to form the toner image;
- and a transfer roller configured to make contact with the photosensitive drum and to transfer the toner image from the photosensitive drum to the print medium, the developing section having a toner accommodating part accommodating the toner therein, and a developing roller configured to make contact with the photosensitive drum so as to supply the toner accommodated in the toner accommodating part to the surface of the photosensitive drum;
- the toner includes toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid;
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- the fixing solution contains an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C.
A set usable for an image forming method, the set comprising:
- a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid;
- and
- an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.