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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Mikio Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mikio Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/205 (2013.01); G03G 15/5004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control device is configured to control an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium. The control device includes circuitry configured to acquire a consumed direct current (DC) power value that is a DC power value consumed in the image forming apparatus, estimate a characteristic of the consumed DC power value in a period in which an image is formed on at least one recording medium, and determine a limit value of fixing power to be supplied to a fixing device of the image forming apparatus that fixes an image on a recording medium, to have cyclicity corresponding to the characteristic of the consumed DC power value.