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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Hirotaka Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotaka Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
At least, a temperature of the surface of a heating rollerin a region through which paper of small width passes, and a temperature of the surface of a heating rollerin a region through which paper of small width does not pass where paper of large width is carried are detected. Warming up operation is continued, and when a temperature of the surface of a heating rollerin the either region reaches a temperature capable of fixing, a ready display is lighted. Thereafter, the surface of the heating rollernot having reached a temperature capable of fixing is heated by forcibly lighting a heater lamp till the fixed conditions are satisfied, and at the time of the forcible lighting operation, the surface of the heating rollerin a region having reached a temperature capable of fixing is not heated.