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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Kunimasa Kawamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Sugimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kunimasa Kawamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Sugimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transport device that transports fluid inside a body of an image forming apparatus; a counting unit that counts a cumulative number of image forming operations; and a transport control unit that controls a start and a stop of operation of the transport device so as to keep the transport device stopped when an image forming operation is started, and to start the transport device when the cumulative number of image forming operations has become larger than or equal to a preset number.