Patent ID: 9075349
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the image carrier; a developing unit that contains a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier solution containing a non-volatile oil and that develops the electrostatic latent image with the liquid developer to form a toner image on the surface of the image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium; and a fixing unit that includes at least one pair of first and second rotating members for fixing that form a nip between the first and second rotating members, and that applies heat and pressure to the recording medium having the transferred toner image and being passed through the nip to fix the toner image on the recording medium, wherein a condition (A) described below is satisfied: condition (A): an amount of the carrier solution on a surface of the toner image is about 0.7 g/m