Claims
- 1. A method of fire fixing an image on a heat-resistant solid surface comprising the steps of:attaching closely to a heat-resistant solid surface, a toner image bearing film member comprising a resin film which bears thereon a toner image which is formed, using a solid developer comprising a carrier and a toner which comprises a thermoplastic resin and a coloring agent having a chromatic color and capable of retaining said chromatic color even after said toner is sintered, in such a direction that when said thermoplastic resin of said toner image has a higher sintering temperature than that of said resin film, said toner image comes into contact with said heat-resistant solid surface, while when said resin film has a higher sintering temperature than that of said thermoplastic resin of said toner image, said resin film comes into contact with said heat-resistant solid surface, and sintering said toner image bearing film member so as to fix said toner image to said heat-resistant solid surface at a temperature at least as high as the higher of the sintering temperature of the resin film and the sintering temperature of the thermoplastic resin.
- 2. A transfer sheet which bears thereon a toner image which is prepared by developing a latent electrostatic image to said toner image, using a developer which comprises a carrier and a toner comprising a thermoplastic resin and a coloring agent having a chromatic color and capable of retaining said chromatic color even after said toner is sintered, and transferring said toner image to said transfer sheet, said toner image transferred to said transfer sheet satisfying at least one of two conditions that:(1) said toner image has a glossiness of 6% or more, and (2) said toner image has an image density decreasing ratio of 30% or less.
- 3. The transfer sheet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said toner image transferred to said transfer sheet satisfies said condition (1) that said toner image has a glossiness of 6% or more.
- 4. The transfer sheet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said toner image transferred to said transfer sheet satisfies said condition (2) that said toner image has an image density decreasing ratio of 30% or less.
- 5. The transfer sheet as claimed in claim 2, comprising:a support, a water-soluble layer provided on said support, with said toner image being transferred onto said water-soluble layer, and a resin film layer provided on said toner image.
- 6. The transfer sheet as claimed in claim 2, comprising:a support, a water-soluble layer provided on said support, and a resin layer provided on said water-soluble layer, with said toner image being transferred onto said resin layer.
- 7. The transfer sheet as claimed in claim 2, serving as a transfer sheet for decorating fire on a heat-resistant solid surface.
- 8. A transfer sheet comprising:a support, a toner image formed using a toner which comprises a thermoplastic resin and a coloring agent having a chromatic color and capable of retaining said chromatic color even after sintered, and a resin film layer, said toner image and said resin film layer being overlaid, with either one on the other, on said support, wherein said thermoplastic resin of said toner has a sintering temperature which is lower than that of said resin film layer.
- 9. A method of fire fixing an image on a heat-resistant solid surface comprising the steps of:attaching closely to a heat-resistant solid surface, a toner image bearing film member comprising a resin film which bears thereon a toner image which is formed, using a solid developer comprising a toner which comprises a thermoplastic resin and a coloring agent having a chromatic color and capable of retaining said chromatic color even after said toner is sintered, in such a direction that when said thermoplastic resin of said toner image has a higher sintering temperature than that of said resin film, said toner image comes into contact with said heat-resistant solid surface, while when said resin film has a higher sintering temperature than that of said thermoplastic resin of said toner image, said resin film comes into contact with said heat-resistant solid surface, and sintering said toner image bearing film member so as to fix said toner image to said heat-resistant solid surface at a temperature at least as high as the higher of the sintering temperature of the resin film and the sintering temperature of the thermoplastic resin.
- 10. A transfer sheet which bears thereon a toner image which is prepared by developing a latent electrostatic image to a toner image, using a developer which comprises a toner comprising a thermoplastic resin and a coloring agent having a chromatic color and capable of retaining said chromatic color even after said developer is sintered, and transferring said toner image to said transfer sheet, said toner image transferred to said transfer sheet satisfying at least one of two conditions that:(1) said toner image has a glossiness of 6% or more, and (2) said toner image has an image density decreasing ratio of 30% or less.
Priority Claims (6)
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09-270467 |
Sep 1997 |
JP |
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09-270468 |
Sep 1997 |
JP |
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09-276585 |
Sep 1997 |
JP |
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09-289106 |
Oct 1997 |
JP |
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09-289107 |
Oct 1997 |
JP |
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09-297703 |
Oct 1997 |
JP |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Division of application Ser. No. 09/154,721 Filed on Sep. 17, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,153,343.
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