Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Method for fixing toner
A method of fixing toner in a belt fixing unit having a fixing roller; a heating roller; an endless fixing belt binding the heating roller and the fixing roller under tension therebetween; a pressure roller disposed to face the fixing roller intervening the fixing belt; and a fixing heater disposed inside one of the pressure roller and the heating roller, the method of fixing includes: a step for fixing a toner image on an image fixing material by conveying the toner image on the image fixing material in between a portion of the fixing belt not touching the fixing roller and the pressure roller; featured by the toner particle being spherical having a roundness of 0.96 or more and contains a colorant and resin component containing a modified polyester resin.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Naohiro Masami Tsunemi Chiaki Hiroshi Hiroshi Shigeru Kazuhito
Watanabe Tomita Sugiyama Tanaka Yamada Yamashita Emoto Watanabe