Patent ID: 6785501
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A transfer-and-fixation system for a liquid-development electrophotographic apparatus, in which a toner image produced through a development process of supplying a liquid toner onto an image bearing body bearing an electrostatic latent image is transferred from the image bearing body onto an intermediate transfer body and then transferred from the intermediate transfer body onto a printing medium by use of a backup roller in a transfer-and-fixation zone,wherein the intermediate transfer body includes a tension textile layer, which has undergone a stretching process effected in a direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body, so as to enhance stiffness in expansion and contraction of the intermediate transfer body, and an image bearing layer is formed on a surface of the tension textile layer, wherein the intermediate transfer body and the backup roller are pressed against each other at a high pressure ranging from 10 kg/cm2 to 60 kg/cm2, and wherein no heating means is provided in the transfer-and-fixation zone, and the printing medium is preheated to a temperature required for transfer and fixation before the printing medium reaches the transfer-and-fixation zone.