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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Eiji Wagatsuma, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Wagatsuma, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device fusing a developer transferred to a recording medium surface based on inputted print data includes a heat source, a fusion member supported in a freely rotatable manner and heated by the heat source, a pressure application member positioned to face the fusion member and pressing against the fusion member, a temperature detection device positioned to face the pressure application member and detecting a surface temperature of the pressure application member, and a temperature control part controlling a heating temperature by the heat source based on a detection result by the temperature detection device. The temperature control part selects a second set temperature that is lower than a preset first set temperature when the surface temperature of the pressure application member detected by the temperature detection device is less than a predetermined temperature, to control a temperature of the fusion member.