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Image forming apparatus

US10983465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2020
Grant dateApr 20, 2021
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus, including: an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording material based on image data; a fixing portion that includes a heater having a plurality of heat generating members arranged in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording material, and that fixes the image to the recording material using heat of the heater; a storage portion that stores history information on the recording material when image forming operation is performed in which the image forming portion forms the image and the fixing portion fixes the image, a control portion that sets power to be supplied to the heat generating members based on the history information before a type of the recording material on which the image is formed or content of the image data of the image to be formed on the recording material is determined.

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