Image forming apparatus utilizing flat pigment
US9501015B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2083
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a heating unit, and a fixing unit. The image forming unit uses a toner including a flat pigment. The heating unit heats a recording medium. The fixing unit allows the recording medium to pass therethrough so as to cause an image formed on the recording medium to be fixed onto the recording medium by heat. In the image forming apparatus, the heating unit heats the recording medium on which the image has not been formed, the image forming unit forms the image on the recording medium having been heated, and the fixing unit fixes the image having been formed onto the recording medium.
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