Image forming apparatus with controlled electric power supply to heating member
US7433620B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/205
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fixing device for fixing by heat an image formed on a recording material; a heater for heating the fixing device; a controller for controlling electric power supply to the heater, wherein the apparatus is operable in a stand-by mode in which an electric energy consumption of the heater is reduced, wherein in the stand-by mode, the controller continuously supplies the electric power to the heater.
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