Image forming apparatus, control method and program for the image forming apparatus, and storage medium
US6751425B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2074
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that performs thermal fixation for a sheet on which a developer has been transferred, and a controller that sets a temperature of the fixing unit at one of a first temperature for fixing a developer expressing a monochrome image on a sheet and a second temperature for fixing developers expressing a color image on a sheet, wherein if a color page is contained in an image forming job, the controller sets the temperature of the fixing unit at the second temperature and starts the image forming job.
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