Image forming apparatus for fixing a not-yet-fixed image
US8655214B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit configured to fix a not-yet-fixed image on a recording medium, includes a fixing target temperature changing part configured to change a fixing target temperature at a time of a fixing process; and a gradation processing part configured to carry out gradation processing on image information. For each sheet of a recording medium on which the fixing process is carried out, the fixing target temperature is changed based on whether halftone processing is carried out and a type of gradation processing to be used.
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