Patent ID: 7197271
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: an image forming section that transfers a toner image onto a sheet-like shaped recording medium conveyed on a predetermined conveyance path, in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on a surface of an image carrier, and the toner image is formed on the surface of the image carrier by means of causing the electrostatic latent image to absorb toner; a primary fixing section disposed at a downstream side of the image forming section in the conveyance path, the primary fixing section fixing on the recording medium the toner image transferred to the recording medium by the image forming section; a storage section disposed at a downstream side of the primary fixing section in the conveyance path, the storage section storing the recording medium on which the toner image is fixed by the primary fixing section; and a secondary fixing section disposed at a downstream side of the storage section in the conveyance path, the secondary fixing section performing a surface processing for the toner image fixed by the primary fixing section.