Surface treatment apparatus and image-forming apparatus

Details Surface treatment apparatus and image-forming apparatus Surface treatment apparatus and image-forming apparatus

2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Grimley, Arthur T. (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Fixing

C399S342000, C347S105000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07024149

ABSTRACT:
The present invention aims to provide a surface treatment apparatus which can modify the surface qualities of different parts of image prints obtained by various image-forming methods, and an image-forming apparatus. For this purpose, it provides a surface treatment apparatus containing sheet heating unit which heats a sheet, a sheet cooling unit which cools the sheet in contact with a contact member, and a depression-and-protrusion shape control unit which forms depression-and-protrusion shapes by differently treating different parts of the surface of the sheet by at least one of the sheet heating unit and sheet cooling unit, and an image-forming apparatus containing this surface treatment apparatus which can easily form images having different surface qualities in different parts.

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