Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus, which includes fixing and decolorizing section
US8918002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/20
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a count section configured to count time during which no image forming is performed and a control section configured to allow heating of a heat generating section at temperature for decolorizing after the time counted by the count section reaches the a predetermined threshold time.
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