Image supporting member and image forming apparatus using the same
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorOsamu Ide
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Abstract
An image supporting member that fixable supports a color toner image has a base material, a light scattering layer formed on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a color toner receiving layer formed on the light scattering layer and containing at least a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin of the light scattering layer is made of a polyolefin or a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature T at which the viscosity becomes 5×103 Pa·s being 120° C. or higher, and the thermoplastic resin of the color toner receiving layer is a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature t at which the viscosity becomes 103 Pa·s being from 90 to 120° C. Further, an image forming apparatus using this image supporting member is also provided.
Claims15
An image supporting member that fixable supports a color toner image containing at least a thermoplastic resin and a colorant, the image supporting member comprising:
- a base material;
- a light scattering layer formed on a first surface of the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin;
- and
- a color toner receiving layer formed on the light scattering layer and containing at least a thermoplastic resin,
- wherein the thermoplastic resin of the light scattering layer is made of a polyolefin or a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature T at which the melt viscosity becomes 5×103 Pa·s being 120° C. or higher, and
- the thermoplastic resin of the color toner receiving layer is a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature t at which the melt viscosity becomes 103 Pa·s being from 90 to 120° C.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image supporting member that fixable supports a color toner image containing at least a thermoplastic resin and a colorant;
- an image forming unit that forms the color toner image on the image supporting member;
- and
- a fixing device that fixes the color toner image formed by the image forming unit on the image supporting member,
- wherein the image supporting member includes:
- a base material;
- a light scattering layer formed on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin;
- and
- a color toner receiving layer formed on the light scattering layer and containing at least a thermoplastic resin,
- the thermoplastic resin of the light scattering layer is made of a polyolefin or a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature T at which the melt viscosity becomes 5×103 Pa·s being 120° C. or higher, and
- the thermoplastic resin of the color toner receiving layer is a polyolefin copolymer, a temperature t at which the melt viscosity becomes 103 Pa·s being from 90 to 120° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.