Patent ID: 7989133

Claim:
A fixing liquid for fixing resin microparticles to a medium, wherein the fixing liquid comprises resin microparticles and is a water-in-oil type fixing liquid comprising a continuous oil phase at least one portion of which comprises a softener for softening the resin microparticles by dissolving or swelling at least one portion of the resin microparticles, and an aqueous phase, as a separate phase, dispersed in the oil phase with a dispersant, wherein the dispersant comprises a combination of sorbitan monooleate and sorbitan trioleate; wherein the softener comprises a dialkoxyalkyl aliphatic dicarboxylate represented by general formula R 5 (COOR 6 OR 7 ) 2 , where R 5 is a C 2 to C 8 alkylene group, R 6 is a C 2 to C 4 alkylene group, and R 7 is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl group; and wherein the resin microparticles in the fixing liquid have a particle size of from 0.1 μm to 6 μm.