Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a fixing device includes a first laser unit and a second laser unit. The first laser unit outputs a first laser beam to irradiate a visible image formed of image forming material on a recording medium with the first laser beam. The second laser unit outputs a second laser beam to irradiate the visible image with the second laser beam after being irradiated with the first laser beam. The first laser beam and the second laser beam is configured to satisfy relations: W1<W2 and t1>t2, W1 is an optical output per unit area of the first laser beam, W2 is an optical output per unit area of the second laser beam, t1 is an irradiation time per unit area of the first laser beam, and t2 is an irradiation time per unit area of the second laser beam.

Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and an image receiving layer provided on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the image receiving layer includes particles having a volume average particle diameter which is greater than a thickness of the image receiving layer, and both surfaces of the image transfer sheet have surface resistivities at 23° C. 55% r.h. which are within the range of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013?. Also provided are an image recorded medium and a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography.

Abstract: A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 3.2×1013?/? at 23° C. and 55% RH.

Abstract: A storage medium readable by a computer stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function. The function comprises comparing input image data with reference image data, extracting an annotation contained in the input image data based on a result of comparing, discriminating a geometry of the annotation, and classifying the annotation according to the geometry of the annotation.

Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an image receiving layer on one side surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the layers is a curable resin-containing layer which is a layer separable from the substrate or a layer disposed between the curable resin-containing layer and the substrate on the one side surface. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography and an image recorded medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an image recording body comprising: image-forming, to form an image on a surface of a film by an electrophotographic method; positioning, by overlaying the film onto a support so that at least one side of the support and a side of the film on which the image is formed are opposed to each other so as to obtain a laminate body; and heating and pressing the laminate body, wherein cleaning at least one of a surface of the laminate, a surface of the film and a surface of the support is conducted during at least one of a timing between the positioning and the heating and pressing and a timing between the image-forming and the positioning. The present invention further provides an apparatus for manufacturing an image recording body in accordance with the method.

Abstract: A method for plastic sheet manufacturing whereby a layered body including a film is made to pass through a nip portion formed by a pair of belts, each having a joint portion, causing the layered body to be integrated to manufacture a plastic sheet. Before integration, the position of each of the joint portions is detected and the timing at which the layered body enters the nip portion is controlled in accordance with the detected positions. A plastic sheet manufacturing apparatus implements the plastic sheet manufacturing method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an image-recorded medium on the surface of a transparent substrate. The image-recorded medium comprises a fixed image formed electrographically, and the fixed image is laminated on the image-recorded medium. The production method comprises the steps of forming toner layers by laminating a plurality of toner layers on the surface of the substrate electrographically, temporarily fixing the plural toner layers, and laminating the temporarily fixed image with a laminate film.

Abstract: An image-forming method including: forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier; transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto the image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film having the image-receiving layer provided on a surface of a base material; superimposing the intermediate transfer film on a surface of a recording medium such that the toner image contacts the surface of the recording medium; fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure; forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure; and peeling the base material off the image-receiving layer at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image-forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image-receiving layer and so that the image is formed between the recording medium and the image-receiving layer.

Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an image receiving layer on one side surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the layers is a curable resin-containing layer which is a layer separable from the substrate or a layer disposed between the curable resin-containing layer and the substrate on the one side surface. Also provided are a method for manufactruing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography and an image recorded medium.

Abstract: A storage medium readable by a computer stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function. The function comprises comparing input image data with reference image data, extracting an annotation contained in the input image data based on a result of comparing, discriminating a geometry of the annotation, and classifying the annotation according to the geometry of the annotation.

Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and an image receiving layer provided on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the image receiving layer includes particles having a volume average particle diameter which is greater than a thickness of the image receiving layer, and both surfaces of the image transfer sheet have surface resistivities at 23° C. 55% r.h. which are within the range of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013?. Also provided are an image recorded medium and a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an image recording body comprising: image-forming, to form an image on a surface of a film by an electrophotographic method; positioning, by overlaying the film onto a support so that at least one side of the support and a side of the film on which the image is formed are opposed to each other so as to obtain a laminate body; and heating and pressing the laminate body, wherein cleaning at least one of a surface of the laminate, a surface of the film and a surface of the support is conducted during at least one of a timing between the positioning and the heating and pressing and a timing between the image-forming and the positioning. The present invention further provides an apparatus for manufacturing an image recording body in accordance with the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method comprising: laminating a plurality of toner layers on the surface of a transparent substrate electrophotographically; subjecting the plural toner layers to a primary fixing in a primary fixing step; and forming a fixed image by applying a secondary fixing in a secondary fixing step. The secondary fixing step is carried out under reduced pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic sheet manufacturing method whereby a layered body including a film is made to pass through a nip portion formed by a pair of belts equipped with a joint portion and thereby integrated to manufacture a plastic sheet, the method comprising: before integration, detecting a position of the joint portion; and controlling a timing at which the layered body enters the nip portion in accordance with a detected position; and a plastic sheet manufacturing apparatus implementing the plastic sheet manufacturing method.

Abstract: A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 3.2×1013 ?/? at 23° C. and 55% RH.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an image-recorded medium on the surface of a transparent substrate. The image-recorded medium comprises a fixed image formed electrographically, and the fixed image is laminated on the image-recorded medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method comprising: laminating a plurality of toner layers on the surface of a transparent substrate electrophotographically; subjecting the plural toner layers to a primary fixing in a primary fixing step; and forming a fixed image by applying a secondary fixing in a secondary fixing step. The secondary fixing step is carried out under reduced pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image-recorded medium in which on a surface of a transparent substrate, a plurality of toner layers are electrophotographically laminated and fixed, and thereby a fixed image is formed, wherein among melting temperatures of the toners constituting the respective layers of the plurality of toner layers, a melting temperature of a toner that constitutes at least an outermost toner layer is the highest.

Abstract: It is a purpose of the invention to provide a dust protector for an image exposure device capable of preventing particles from sticking to windows or the like of the image exposure device and free from moisture condensation on the windows or the like of the image exposure device as a result of direct exposure of the same to the atmosphere and an image forming apparatus utilizing the same. The purpose is achieved by providing a dust protector for an image exposure device for performing image exposure on a member to be exposed from below with a dust protective member for preventing particles from sticking to at least a member located above an optical path of the image exposure device by covering the image exposure device from above without blocking the optical path of the image exposure device and an air flow generating unit for generating an air flow that prevents particles from entering the region covered by the dust protective member.