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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Kazunobu Shima, Wakayama, JP;
Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Masazumi Ishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by heating the medium having ink applied to its surface layer by a heater device, thereby to fix the ink applied to the surface layer to a fixing layer of the recording medium. A heating controlling section () for controlling the heater device () includes a fixing behavior evaluating means () for evaluating a fixing behavior of the ink to the fixing layer and then outputting a control amount to the heating controlling section () for controlling the heater device (). The fixing behavior evaluating means () includes such functions as a sublimation degree evaluating function for evaluating a sublimation degree of the ink in the recording medium (), a function for evaluating surface temperature distribution of the recording medium or a transferred energy evaluating function for evaluating transferred energy received by each area of the recording medium ().