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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Ryota Yamashina, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Yamashina, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to form a toner image on a recording medium under a prescribed image forming condition, a fixing device to fix the toner image borne on the recording medium thereonto by heating the recording medium based on target fixing temperature, and a detector to detect a type of recording medium. The type is used in setting at least one of the image forming condition and the target fixing temperature. The inequality Tb>Ta is established when Ta represents a time period needed to reach a setting of fixing temperature allocated to the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector after detection of the tip and Tb represents a time period needed for the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector to reach the fixing device after detection of the tip.