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Image forming apparatus and fixing device

US10558151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2018
Grant dateFeb 11, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2064
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image forming apparatus that forms toner images on a recording material. A control unit is configured to set, when performing fixing processing to fix a toner image onto the recording material, a first mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with electric power supply to the heater, a second mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with the electric power supply to the heater and temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion, and a third mode where the blower unit is driven in accordance with temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion.

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