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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit configured to fix a not-yet-fixed image on a recording medium, includes a fixing target temperature changing part configured to change a fixing target temperature at a time of a fixing process; and a gradation processing part configured to carry out gradation processing on image information. For each sheet of a recording medium on which the fixing process is carried out, the fixing target temperature is changed based on whether halftone processing is carried out and a type of gradation processing to be used.