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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Beom-ro Lee, Suwon, KR;
Beom-ro Lee, Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A fusing system and a temperature control method thereof for use in an image forming apparatus. The fusing system includes a control unit having a controller. The controller determines whether to initiate a heater driving-start timing, on the basis of one of a first time tand a third time tand a second time twhen a sheet of printing paper is picked up by the pickup roller, or when a leading end of the sheet of the printing paper picked up by the pickup roller operates the paper jam sensor, the first time tbeing a time when the sheet of printing paper is picked up to a point of time when the sheet of printing paper arrives at the fusing roller, the second time tbeing a time required until a heat generated from the heater arrives at a surface of the fusing roller, and the third time tbeing a time from when the sheet of printing paper operates the paper jam sensor to when the sheet of printing paper is arrives at the fusing roller.