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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Araki, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming device includes a fixing device and a controller. The controller obtains an identifier for identifying a user. The controller controls the fixing device based on the obtained identifier, history information, and temperature information, to be a fixing temperature associated with usage status information associated with the obtained identifier. The history information is information obtained by associating the identifier and the usage status information. The usage status information is information including a printing ratio in previous image formation by a user. The temperature information is information obtained by associating the usage status information and the fixing temperature.