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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Ryohei Matsuo, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshiya Aoki, Toyokawa, JP;
Ryohei Matsuo, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshiya Aoki, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a heat source, a fixing rotating body, a pressurizing rotating body, a feeding section for feeding a medium, a temperature adjusting section for controlling an amount of heat generated by the heat source, and a control section. The control section switches between a first mode in which the fixing rotating body and the pressurizing rotating body rotate at a first circumferential speed and the medium is fed to the image forming section at a first distance interval, and a second mode in which the fixing rotating body and the pressurizing rotating body rotate at a second circumferential speed higher than the first circumferential speed and the medium is fed to the image forming section at a second distance interval longer than the first distance interval.