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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section including a fixing device configured to fix an image on a sheet; an acquiring section configured to acquire setting information of printing target data; a determining section configured to determine a first time on the basis of the setting information acquired by the acquiring section; and an output section configured to output a control signal to the fixing device to set a heat accumulation time of the fixing device to the first time determined by the determining section.