Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus fixes, by heating, an image formed on a sheet-like recording medium thereto with sublimating ink. The apparatus includes a heating fixing unit for receiving and heating the recording medium and then discharging the heat-fixed recording medium, the heating fixing unit inclu...

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Hauptverfasser: Nishikawa, Hidetoshi, Shima, Kazunobu, Ishikawa, Masazumi, Nagaosa, Kazuo, Nakamoto, Masaki, Inoshita, Masanori, Funase, Masasuke
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus fixes, by heating, an image formed on a sheet-like recording medium thereto with sublimating ink. The apparatus includes a heating fixing unit for receiving and heating the recording medium and then discharging the heat-fixed recording medium, the heating fixing unit including a heating space for heating the recording medium and a transporting mechanism for transporting the medium in the heating space. The apparatus further includes a smoothing-out mechanism for discharging the recording medium from the heating space while smoothing out or flattening the recording medium.