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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2024
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Aramoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Hirotaka Kanou, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A technique for eliminating creep of a fixing belt while shortening the warm-up operation time as much as possible is provided. An image forming apparatus includes a fixing section that fixes toner to a medium, and a controller that controls the fixing section. The fixing section includes a pressure roller and a fixing belt. The fixing belt nips the medium, together with the pressure roller, and causes the medium to be heated at a nip position where the medium is nipped. The controller estimates a temperature of the fixing belt at the nip position or in a vicinity of the nip position, from an operation history of the fixing section, and determines one or more parameters of a warm-up operation for heating the fixing belt, based on the temperature of the fixing belt at the nip position or in the vicinity of the nip position.
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