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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Mikiya Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kaname Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Taga, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
Mikiya Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kaname Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Taga, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a PDL analyzing unit that analyzes print data and obtains a drawing condition; a drawing unit that uses a type of dither selected from types of dither, prepared and associated with drawing conditions, according to the drawing condition analyzed, and generates output image data; an image forming unit; a fixing unit that fixes an image formed on a recording sheet by heating the image to a fixing temperature; a fixing control unit that controls the fixing temperature to a target value; and a database in which each of the types of dither is associated with the target value of fixing temperature for power saving. The fixing control unit obtains from the database the target value of fixing temperature corresponding to the type of dither used in the drawing unit and carries out control to conduct fixing at the target value thus obtained.