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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Hitoshi Funato, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a primary fixing device disposed in a transporting path for a recording material and a secondary fixing device disposed in the downstream of the primary fixing device The recording material is passed through only the primary fixing device after an image is recorded on an front surface of the recording material Subsequently, an image is recorded on a rear surface of the recording material and the recording material is passed through the primary fixing device and the secondary fixing device The fixing device includes a primary ejection path for ejecting the recording material having passed through the primary fixing device and a secondary ejection path for ejecting the recording material having passed through the primary fixing device and the secondary fixing device in this order.