摘要 |
A fixing apparatus comprises a fixing section for fixing a developer image on a medium to which a developer image has been transferred by passing the medium between heat and press rollers, a cleaning roller made of metal and having a surface subjected to etching processing at surface roughness of 0.4 to 3.2 mum, and contacted the press roller of the fixing section for cleaning a developer which has stuck to the press roller during fixing operation, and a coat layer coated on the surface of the cleaning roller by a developer or a part of a component of the developer and having layer thickness of 50 to 150 mum and surface roughness of 4.8 mum or less.
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