To provide a fixing solution with favorable fixability for use with fine resin particles, which is capable of reducing tack caused by fine resin particles such as toner particles on a recording medium in a non-thermal fixing method and forming a fixed image superior in color reproducibility, and to provide a fixing method, a fixing device, an image forming method, and an image forming apparatus which use the fixing solution.
The fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium includes: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and plasticizers which soften or swell at least part of the fine resin particles, wherein the plasticizers are composed of a liquid plasticizer which is liquid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent.
KUROTORI TSUNEO
SOMEYA YUKIMICHI
KANEKO FUMINARI
ARISUMI YUKO
TAKEUCHI SHIGEO
HIRANO SHIGENOBU
TOMONO HIDENORI
YAGINUMA HIDEKAZU
