Image forming apparatus having an intermediate transfer member and method of forming an image using the intermediate transfer member
US6278858A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0177
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image performing apparatus and method for forming an image using a first image holding member and an intermediate transfer member for holding by primary transfer a toner image formed on the first image holder and for retransferring by secondary transfer the transferred toner image onto a second image holding member, wherein a contact angle between a surface layer of an intermediate transfer member and water is 50.degree. to 120.degree. and transfer-promoting particles are loaded onto the surface layer.
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