Image forming apparatus that switches power supply to plurality of heating elements
US10488794B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a case where fixing processing ends in a state where a power supply line is switched by a switching unit according to a first print command so that power is suppliable to a second heating element, the switching unit switches the power supply line from the second heating element to a first heating element so that power is suppliable to the first heating element, the switching occurring regardless of presence or absence of reception of a second print command subsequent to the first print command.
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