Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Grainger, Quana (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
C399S341000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06980763
ABSTRACT:
To produce an electrophotographic print with high image quality and good texture and with minimized curling, a method produces an electrophotographic print by fixing a toner image on an image bearing surface of an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet using a belt fixing and smoothing apparatus including a hot-pressing device, a belt member, a cooling device, and a cooling-releasing section, smoothing the toner image, and releasing the sheet, in which an amount of curling C (mm) of the electrophotographic print is controlled to be more than −0.10 L and less than +0.05 L, wherein L is a length (mm) of a short side of the electrophotographic print; a negative value (−) of the amount of curling C means that the electrophotographic print curls toward its back side not bearing the image; and a positive value (+) of the amount of curling C means that the electrophotographic print curls toward its image-bearing surface.
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Kanesawa Yoshio
Murai Ashita
Fuji 'Xerox Co., Ltd.
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Grainger Quana
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