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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Tetsuo Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Uto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiroh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Uto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiroh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a heating device that heats the image formed at the image forming unit, on the recording medium while recording medium is conveyed; a detecting device that is provided on a downstream side of the heating device in a recording medium conveying direction and detects image density and an image defect of the recording medium; and a stabilizing device that is provided between the detecting device and the heating device and stabilizes physical changes in the recording medium.