Image formation system, smoothing apparatus, and image forming method
US8036584B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00805
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming system includes image forming means for forming toner images on toner receiving resin layers of respective sides of a recording material; fixing means for heat fixing the toner images on the recording material in a fixing nip; and smoothing means for smoothing the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material having the toner images formed by the fixing means; wherein the system is operable in an image formation mode in which the toner images formed on the respective sides of the recording material are fixed by the fixing means sequentially, and then the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material are smoothed by the smoothing means sequentially.
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