Flash fixing device, image forming device using the same, and flash lamp light emission control method
US7536146B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/201
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flash fixing device comprises a first and second flash lamps that emit flashes of light that fix a toner image transferred onto a recording medium and a light emission control unit that controls the light emissions of the first and second flash lamps so that the light flashes emitted from the first flash lamp and the second flash lamp are each irradiated at different timing on each portion on the recording medium.
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