Patent ID: 9465332
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: a rotating body that comes into contact with a surface of a light-transmitting recording medium which holds a toner image obtained by developing with a developer liquid, and absorbs a carrier liquid on the recording medium and the toner image, the developer liquid including a toner and the carrier liquid and the surface holding the toner image; a light-transmitting pressure member that is in contact with the rotating body and forms a pressure contact area in which the recording medium is pushed on the rotating body and passes between the light-transmitting pressure member and the rotating body; and an irradiating unit that irradiates the toner image with a laser beam when the recoding medium is present in the pressure contact area after the laser beam is transmitted through a portion of the pressure member.