Fixing process controller for electrophotographic recorder
US5049906A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2045
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing process controller of an electrophotographic recorder controls a fixing unit which fixes an unfixed toner image on a recording medium by passing the medium between two fixing rollers. The controller comprises means for detecting the thickness of unfixed toner layers on the recording medium; means for determining the ability of the fixing rollers suitable for fixing toner with a toner thickness detected by the thickness detection means; and control means which controls the operation of the fixing rollers to have the exertion of the ability determined by the ability determination means.
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