Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Bookbinding system using unfixed toner image as adhesive
A bookbinding system includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet stacker to load sheets passing through the fixing device, to create a sheet bundle, in which the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker is adhered to produce a complete book; an adhesive toner image forming unit to form an adhesive toner image on an area corresponding to a spine of the complete book; and a heater to heat the unfixed adhesive toner image formed on each sheet of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker, wherein the adhesive toner image on the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker is the unfixed toner image.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Koichi Natsumi Tetsuo Fumihito Takashi
Kudo Matsue Watanabe Masubuchi Hashimoto