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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form an image having excellent image quality and to reduce the occurrence of defects such as wrinkles and flaws on a releasing layer. Ž<P>SOLUTION: The cylindrical member for fixing the image is used as an image fixing member which is brought into contact with a recording medium on the surface of which an unfixed toner image is formed to fix the toner image to the recording medium, has at least an elastic layer and the release layer on the outer peripheral surface side of a cylindrical base material in this order from the base material side, and is characterized in that surface roughness Ra in a zone other than a zone contributing to image fixation is made larger than surface roughness Ra in the zone contributing to image fixation on at least one of the inner peripheral surface of the release layer and the outer peripheral surface of an adhesive layer to be in contact with the inner peripheral surface. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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