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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoei Ikari, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Aiko Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms on a recording material a toner image based on input image information; a fixer that fixes a toner image formed on the recording material; and a hardware processor that controls the image former and the fixer in which the hardware processor controls the image former to supply, to a region where no toner is provided between toner images based on the input image information, complementing toner having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of toner for forming the toner image based on input image information.