Image forming apparatus with controllable fixing pressure and computer-readable medium stored with image forming program
US8682191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/20
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus including: a forming section that, based on image forming data including image data of an image to be formed on paper and paper data relating to the paper, forms a toner image according to the image data on paper; a fixing section that fixes the toner image formed on the paper; a switching section that on operation switches a fixing pressure of the fixing section; a control section that, when the fixing pressure is switched by the switching section from a first fixing pressure to a second fixing pressure prior to a predetermined condition being satisfied after the fixing pressure has been switched to the first fixing pressure by the switching section, controls to prohibit image forming on paper corresponding to the second fixing pressure different from the first fixing pressure.
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