Fixing method, a fixing apparatus, an image formation method, and an image formation apparatus

摘要

An energy-saving fixing apparatus for use in image formation apparatuses such as a copying machine is disclosed. A recording medium is sandwiched by a pair of belts, having belt tension between 0.001 and 5.4N/mm, for a period between 50 and 1000 ms. The recording medium is pressurized at pressure between 0.007 and 2.7 Ns/mm by a nip constituted by a heating roller and a pressurizing roller. The recording medium is conveyed with its toner image carrying side being adhered to one of the belts without being cooled.