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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Yoshie, Ibaraki, JP;
Chiaki Yamada, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 15/2021 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device includes: a fixing unit that fixes an image formed on a recording medium; a heating unit that heats a recording medium that has been subjected to a fixing process by the fixing unit; and a controller that sets a glossiness of an image on a recording medium, wherein the controller controls a heating amount with the heating unit depending on the set glossiness.