| abstract |
An object of the present invention is to provide a paper feeding rubber roller capable of preventing paper powder from depositing and accumulating on the surface when a paper feeding and carrying treatment is repeated in a paper feeding and carrying system of an image forming apparatus, which can be produced by a simple manner, and a method of producing the same. The paper feeding rubber roller of the present invention is preferably produced in the following manner. That is, using a rubber containing a paraffin-, ester- or olefin-based plasticizer, a rubber roller made of a rubber having a hardness after vulcanization or crosslinking within a range from 30 to 37 in terms of JIS A hardness is molded, and then the surface of the rubber roller is polished by a cylindrical grinder to form polishing marks having an average height of 50 to 120 μm. |