Patent ID: 7970325

Claim:
A transfer fixing member comprising: a base; and an outermost surface layer composed of an elastic material in which a conductive material is dispersed, wherein a toner image on a toner image bearing member is transferred onto the transfer fixing member by making the toner image bearing member in contact with the transfer fixing member, and the toner image is transfer-fixed onto a recording medium by making the transfer fixing member in contact with the recording medium which is located between the transfer fixing member and a pressurizing member, and wherein when a pressure applied to a surface of the transfer fixing member by making the toner image bearing member in contact with the transfer fixing member upon transferring of the toner image onto the transfer fixing member is 0.2 kg/cm 2 to 2.0 kg/cm 2 , the transfer fixing member has a volume resistance of 10 6 Ω·cm or more to less than 10 12 Ω·cm, and when a pressure applied to the surface of the transfer fixing member by making the transfer fixing member in contact with the recording medium which is located between the transfer fixing member and the pressurizing member upon transfer-fixing of the toner image onto the recording medium is 3.0 kg/cm 2 to 20 kg/cm 2 , the transfer fixing member has a volume resistance of less than 10 6 Ω·cm.