Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Image forming method having transfer temperature difference and apparatus for the same
An image forming method of the present invention begins with a first image transfer step for thermally transferring a first toner image from a first image carrier to a second image carrier contacting it. Subsequently, in a second image transfer step, the first toner image carried on the second image carrier and a second toner image newly formed on the first image carrier are thermally transferred to opposite sides of a recording medium substantially at the same time. Higher image transfer temperature is assigned to the second image transfer step than to the first image transfer step. Additionally, the second image carrier has a greater roughness than the first image carrier.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Koji Shigeru Yasukuni Chiemi Kunihiko Hisao Norimasa Hiroshi Naoki Hideaki
Suzuki Watanabe Omata Kaneko Tomita Murayama Sohmiya Yokoyama Iwata Mochimaru