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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2025
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Akuta, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an attachment section to which a first fixing unit that performs a fixing operation of fixing an image on a recording material by using power from an alternating current power supply and a second fixing unit that performs the fixing operation by using power from a direct current power supply are attached, an alternating current power supply section that receives the power supplied from the alternating current power supply, and a direct current power supply section that receives the power supplied from the direct current power supply, in which the attachment of the first fixing unit to the attachment section and the supply of the power from the direct current power supply to the direct current power supply section are not executable simultaneously, and the attachment of the second fixing unit to the attachment section and the supply of the power from the alternating current power supply to the alternating current power supply section are not executable simultaneously.