Patent ID: 8693939

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a fixer application unit configured to apply a fixer containing a softener, capable of softening resin by dissolving or swelling at least a part of the resin, and water to resin particles formed on a recording medium such that the resin particles are fixed on the recording medium; and an anti-tack agent application unit configured to apply a liquid anti-tack agent immiscible with the softener to surfaces of the resin particles that are mixed with the softener by the application of the fixer containing the softener, wherein the liquid anti-tack agent is a silicone oil that includes at least one polyether group on a side chain thereof, the side chain being an organic group, and wherein the silicone oil is represented by a formula (1) where “m” is an integer and “n” is an integer, and wherein the polyether group on the side chain thereof is represented by a formula (2), —R(C 2 H 4 O) a (C 3 H 6 O) b R′ (2) where “R” and “R′” represent organic groups and where “a” is an integer and “b” is an integer.