Image forming apparatus with setting of an operating condition of at least one image heating device
US7412182B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2006
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming system has an image forming device, a first image heating device for heating a toner image at a first nip to maintain a target temperature, a second image heating device for heating a toner image at a second nip to maintain a target temperature, a selecting device for selecting a first image forming mode in which only the first image heating device is used for a image heating process and a second image forming mode in which the first image heating device and the second image heating device are used for the image heating process, and a delaying device for making timing at which the target temperature of the first image heating device is lowered in a stand by state later than a timing at which the target temperature of the second image heating device is lowered in the stand by state.
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