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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2025
Takamasa Hase, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, and circuitry. The image forming section forms one or more toner images of one or more toners on a recording medium. The fixing device heats the one or more toner images and the recording medium based on a target fixing temperature. The circuitry is configured to receive a print job, determine a maximum toner overlapping ratio of the one or more toner images on a page in the print job, determine the target fixing temperature of the fixing device in accordance with the maximum toner overlapping ratio on the page, control the image forming section to form the one or more toner images, and control the fixing device to heat and fix the one or more toner images on the recording medium at the target fixing temperature.