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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method compute a total amount of toner to be deposited per unit area of a target image. When the highest total amount of toner computed exceeds a given level, a heating determination unit, using a processor, determines whether a first heating amount range enabling fusing of the computed highest total amount of toner and a second heating amount range enabling fusing of the computed lowest total amount of toner have an overlapping portion that can effectively fuse a first toner image, a second toner image, and identifies a heating amount to fuse a toner image of the target image from an overlapping portion that can effectively fuse the first toner image, and the second toner image.
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