Patent ID: 8879976
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image erasing section including a first member which has a rubber layer and heats a recording medium having a thermally decolorizable toner image on the toner image side and a second member which forms a nip together with the first member and erases the toner image by allowing the recording medium to pass through the nip in cooperation with the first member; an image forming section which transfers a thermally decolorizable toner image onto the recording medium on which the toner image is erased to form an unfixed toner image; and an image fixing section including a third member which does not have a rubber layer and heats the recording medium on the unfixed toner image side and a fourth member which forms a nip together with the third member and fixes the unfixed toner image by allowing the recording medium to pass through the nip in cooperation with the third member, a nip passing time of the recording medium in the image fixing section being longer than that in the image erasing section.