Fixing temperature control method utilizing new factors and image forming apparatus
US6768882B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of controlling a fixing temperature of a fixing device having a heat roller provided with a heat source and a first temperature detector provided at the vicinity of the heat roller, and having a pressure roller, which is in pressure contact with the heat roller, provided with a second temperature sensor at the vicinity of the pressure roller, having the steps of; detecting a temperature of the pressure roller by the second temperature detector; and varying a control temperature of the heat roller according to a detected temperature of the pressure roller.
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