摘要:
In an image forming apparatus configured to electrostatically transfer a toner image formed on an image carrier (1) to a recording medium with image transferring means of the present invention, pressure (72) is applied between the image carrier and the image transferring means. Toner is provided with relatively high hardness in accordance with the pressure beforehand. Image transfer is effected by reducing a potential difference between the image carrier and the recording medium while maintaining an electric field around the toner the same.
摘要:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus capable of reliably forming an image with density gradation, one which does not have a low-quality appearance. The estimated average halftone granularity of the toner image after developing but before electrostatic transfer was set at 0.25 or less. The average halftone granularity was found by measuring the granularity of a toner image at locations of different average brightness by means of newly proposed formula, and averaging the measured values for which the average brightness is 40 to 80. The estimated average halftone granularity was obtained by estimating the average halftone granularity of the toner image on a photoreceptor by means of a newly proposed method.
摘要:
An image forming method, comprising passing a toner image-bearing sheet (S) through a nip defined between two rollers (11,12) including a heater roller (11) to fix the toner image on the sheet (S), wherein the toner image is formed from a toner comprising a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein the toner image before the passage through the nip has a toner volume V1 and a toner image area S1, wherein the toner image after the passage through the nip has a toner volume V2 and a toner image area S2, and wherein a volume change Vt and an area change St defined by the formulas shown below are 30 % or less and 20 % or less, respectively: Vt (%) = (V1 - V2)/V1 × 100 St (%) = (S2 - S1)/S1 × 100. Alternatively, the toner image before the passage through the nip has a surface roughness of 2.5 µm or less.