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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Harumitsu Fujimori, Machida, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a heater heating a fixing member; an acquisition unit acquiring, when an image for one page includes a coded identifier image, information on a range of formation of the coded identifier image on a recording sheet in a sheet-passing direction; a target temperature switching unit switching a target temperature at which temperature of the fixing member is to be maintained at least between a first fixing temperature and a second fixing temperature higher than the first fixing temperature; a controller controlling the heater so that the temperature of the fixing member is maintained at the target temperature, wherein the target temperature switching unit switches the target temperature at a timing such that the temperature of the fixing member is equal to the second fixing temperature while a toner image in the range of formation of the coded identifier image is being fixed.