Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Image forming method and image forming apparatus
An image forming method is provided including: charging an image bearing member; irradiating the image bearing member with a light beam to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; developing the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image on the image bearing member; primarily transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto an intermediate transfer member; secondarily transferring the toner image from the intermediate transfer member onto a transfer-fixing member; heating the toner image on the transfer-fixing member; and fixing the toner image on a recording medium passing through a nip formed between the transfer-fixing member and a pressing member, wherein the toner has a weight average particle diameter (D4) from 3 to 5 μm.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
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Tsuyoshi Takashi Kazumi Hiroshi
Sugimoto Fujita Suzuki Yamashita