Method and apparatus for transferring and fixing toner image using controlled heat
US4430412A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 1982 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1695
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transferring and fixing toner image wherein a toner image is transferred and fixed onto a transfer material from a toner image retainer through an intermediate transfer member. The toner image on the intermediate transfer member is heated at a temperature lower than the toner fusion temperature, and the transfer material is heated to the toner fusion temperature or over. A pressing unit to press the transfer material onto the intermediate transfer member is heated at the toner fusion temperature or over.
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