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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Hidetoshi Katayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisayoshi Nagase, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuko Kurosu, Hino, JP;
Makoto Fujii, Hino, JP;
Naohiko Hanyu, Hino, JP;
Miho Toyoda, Hino, JP;
Hidetoshi Katayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisayoshi Nagase, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuko Kurosu, Hino, JP;
Makoto Fujii, Hino, JP;
Naohiko Hanyu, Hino, JP;
Miho Toyoda, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a fixing section, including a heating member, a pressing member, in which the heating member and the pressing member are arranged to form a nipping section therebetween, and a belt member inserted through the nipping section for fixing a toner image on a recordig sheet by conveying the recording sheet through the nipping section; and a control section for controlling the fixing section and obtaining recording sheet information with respect to at least one of a plurality of conditions. The pressig member includes a plurality of pressing heads differing in shape and with respect to at least one of a plurality of characteristics, and the control section selects one of the plurality of pressing heads in accordance with the recording sheet information and controls the fixing section to press the recording sheet through the belt member with the selected one of the plurality of pressing heads.