Patent ID: 8295754

Claim:
A toner-fixer apparatus used in a wet electronic photograph printer using developing solution including liquid toner and carrier liquid, the toner-fixer apparatus comprising: an apparatus main unit extending along a web fed in the electronic photograph printer; a hot-air-blower section having air ejection ports for blowing hot air therefrom onto the web; and an air-exhaust section having air exhaust ports having openings opposed to the web fed in the apparatus main unit, wherein the air-exhaust section is configured to suction air through the air exhaust ports and to discharge suctioned air outside of the apparatus main unit; the hot-air-blower section includes a plurality of hot-air-blower units provided in the apparatus main unit; each of the hot-air-blower units comprises: an enclosure having an air ejection port; air-supply piping provided in the enclosure; and a heater provided in the enclosure for heating air supplied into the enclosure from the air-supply piping; and the heater is disposed so as to be separated from the air ejection port in a direction parallel to a surface of the web.