Patent ID: 9316960
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device that fixes, to a sheet, a toner image developed with a wet developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, the fixing device comprising: a non-contact heating portion that includes at least one non-contact heating unit which heats the toner image on the sheet in a non-contact manner; and a pressurizing and heating unit that is provided on a downstream side in a sheet transport direction with respect to the non-contact heating portion and that pressurizes and heats the toner image on the sheet, wherein a time elapsed since the toner image reached a toner melting temperature by heating of the non-contact heating portion until the toner image enters the pressurizing and heating unit is a time when a ratio between a weight of the toner in the toner image before the entrance and a sum of the weight of the toner and the weight of the carrier liquid is equal to or more than 70%.