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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Shimodaira, Ebina, JP;
Masato Yamashita, Ebina, JP;
Tetsuro Kodera, Ebina, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Ebina, JP;
Kosuke Yamada, Ebina, JP;
Takayuki Yamashita, Ebina, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a non-contact heating unit configured to heat a recording medium in a non-contact manner; and a contact heating unit configured to press and heat the recording medium on a downstream side of the non-contact heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, in which the non-contact heating unit controls an amount of heat applied to the recording medium according to information on whether the recording medium is black or not, and a thickness of the recording medium, and the contact heating unit controls the pressure applied to the recording medium according to the thickness regardless of whether the recording medium is black or not.