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Image forming apparatus

US7965955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2007
Grant dateJun 21, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00109
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus is operable in a speed priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via a pressure belt is wide and an image-quality priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via the pressure belt is narrow. A user interface of the image forming apparatus is configured to enable an operator to select the speed priority mode or the image-quality priority mode for a coated paper.

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