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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1995
Shizuo Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus which includes a heater for fixing an image on a recording member and a heater control unit for controlling the heater. A timer is provided for outputting a time and a time range register registers a heater-on time range. A heater-on managing unit controls the heater control unit so that the heater is at a preheat temperature level within the heater-on time range, and so that the heater is at an image fixing temperature level when an image signal is received. Further, a heater-off managing unit controls the heater control unit so that the heater is at the image fixing temperature level out of the heater-on time range when the image signal is received. The heater-on managing unit can also shift a beginning time of the heater-on time range from a registered time to a time of a receipt of the image signal, so to extend the ending time of the heater-on time range when the image signal is received within the heater-on time range. The heater-on managing unit can also stop control of the heater control unit after the heater-on time range is over when the image signal is not received within the heater-on time range.
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