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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ota, Ota Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G06K 15/12 (2013.01); G06K 15/1809 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus measures a temperature of a pressing member and controls heat generation of a heater such that the measured temperature approaches a control temperature. Further, the image forming apparatus sets, before starting image formation of one job including image formation, one candidate temperature of a plurality of predetermined candidate temperatures different from each other as the control temperature on the basis of the number of sheets to be used and a sheet size to be used in the image formation of the one job.