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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokuya Ohjimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Kidera, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokuya Ohjimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Kidera, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming device including a fixing unit that fixes a first image to be fixed onto a sheet, the first image to be fixed being supported on the sheet, a target fixing temperature varying unit that varies a target fixing temperature during a time period in which a fixing process is performed, and a gradation processing unit that applies a gradation process to first image information. The target fixing temperature varying unit varies the target fixing temperature for the sheet of the recording medium to which the fixing process is applied, depending on presence or absence of a halftone process, and depending on a type of the gradation process to be utilized.