Image-forming device having a plurality of image-forming units respectively apply the difference force to the recordable medium
US6400922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0158
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide an image-forming device that can form a high-quality multicolor image at relatively low cost. To achieve the above object, the inventive image-forming device includes an endless belt that conveys a recordable medium; plural image-forming units that form a toner layer on the recordable medium via the endless belt; and a fixer that fixes the toner layer on the recordable medium, and a first pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by a last image-forming unit at a downstream side along a direction in which the recordable medium is conveyed among the plural image-forming units is greater than a second pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by another image-forming unit adjacent to the last image-forming unit at the downstream side among the plural image-forming units.
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