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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Youbao Peng, Hino, JP;
Norio Joichi, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshiki Katayama, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Nara, Niiza, JP;
Youbao Peng, Hino, JP;
Norio Joichi, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshiki Katayama, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Nara, Niiza, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for performing thermal fixing of toner images, including a fixing section, a heating section, a power supply section and a control section. The control section controls the power supplying section to start supplying electric power to the heating section, and the control section controls the power supplying section to stop supplying electric power to the heating section after a lapse of a predetermined time interval, based on a thermal response characteristic of a temperature detecting section, even when the temperature of the heating section has not yet reached a target fixing temperature.
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