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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Kenichi Dan, Nagoya, JP;
Kenichi Dan, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that includes a fixing roller to fix a developer onto a recording medium, a heating unit to heat the fixing roller, a manual feed roller disposed at a position contact with a top end of the recording medium inserted into a manual feed port and capable of holding and feeding the recording medium, a common driving unit that drives the fixing and manual feed rollers together, a judgment unit to judge whether a temperature of the fixing roller is lower than a first temperature capable of starting image formation and reaches a second temperature higher than a melting point of the developer, a detection unit to detect whether the recording medium is inserted, and a control unit to control the driving unit to drive the manual feed roller to hold the recording medium if the recording medium is detected and the temperature reaches the second temperature.