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Image forming apparatus changing target temperature of heating member or interval between preceding and subsequent recording material in accordance with ratio of toner image area in predetermined region to predetermined region area

US9442437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2015
Grant dateSep 13, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2039
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a recording material includes: a temperature detection portion that detects the temperature of a heating member; a controller that controls the power to be supplied to the heating member so that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion becomes the target temperature; and an acquisition portion that acquires information on a ratio of a region, where the toner image is formed, in a predetermined region located in an end portion of the recording material in a width direction thereof, and this controller changes the target temperature in accordance with the ratio.

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