Fixing device controller, image forming apparatus, fixing device control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing fixing device control program
US10488796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device controller includes a plurality of voltage detectors to detect voltages of a plurality of power sources for supplying power to a plurality of heaters to heat a fixing member of a fixing device that fixes a toner image on a recording medium and a heater controller to execute duty control to turn on the plurality of heaters. The heater controller corrects a duty of at least one of the plurality of heaters based on the voltages detected by the plurality of voltage detectors and rated output values of the plurality of heaters.
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