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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2024
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Nobuyasu Yamada, Sakai City, JP;
Atsushi Ogo, Sakai City, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a toner image former forming, on a paper sheet, a toner image based on image information; a fixer including at least a pair of rollers and fixing the toner image by nipping, with a pressing member formed by the pair of rollers, the paper sheet on which the toner image is formed; an adjuster adjusting a pressure contact force applied by the pressing member to either a first pressure contact force or a second pressure contact force that is weaker than the first pressure contact force; and a controller controlling execution of a job related to image formation via the fixer, in which the controller provides a user with a notification that prompts the user to operate the adjuster for adjusting the pressure contact force to either the first pressure contact force or the second pressure contact force in accordance with the previously executed job.