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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Takayuki Horie, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Utsunomiya, Yokohama, JP;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that includes an endless belt to convey a print medium, a heating roller to heat the endless belt, a pressing roller that presses the endless belt against the heating roller along a nip region of the endless belt, and a conveyance switching device to move the endless belt between a first position that directs the print medium away from the endless belt when the print medium exits the nip region, and a second position that conveys the print medium to remain in contact with the endless belt when the print medium exits the nip region.