Patent ID: 6212352
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A color image forming apparatus comprising:an image carrying body supported in such a manner that a toner image forming surface thereof is allowed to circulate;image forming means for forming a multi-color toner image on said image carrying body by sequentially superimposing toner images in respective colors;heating means for heat-fusing the multi-color toner image on said image carrying body; andpressing means for pressing said image carrying body from the toner image surface side, wherein:the multi-color toner image heat-fused is fixed upon transfer onto a recording material transported to a pressing position of said pressing means against said image carrying body;the pressing position of said pressing means against said image carrying body is provided spaced apart from a heating position at which said heating means heat-fuses the multi-color toner image; andwhen Cb is a heat capacity of said image carrying body and Cr is a heat capacity of said pressing means, then Cr>30.times.Cb.