Image forming apparatus fixing toner image onto sheet and control method
US11204569B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00438
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus fixes a toner image onto a sheet by a fixer, and includes: a re-feeding path that normally conveys the sheet having passed through the fixer and guides the sheet toward the fixer; and a hardware processor that switches between first control to discharge the sheet having passed through the fixer toward a discharge destination and second control to re-feed the sheet having passed through the fixer to the fixer through the re-feeding path, depending on a type of an image which is a source of formation of the toner image.
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