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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuto Okabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuhei Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports plural recording media having developer images transferred thereon, at an interval; a fixing unit that fixes the developer images to the recording media transported by the transport unit, by applying heat; a temperature measuring unit that measures an ambient temperature; a speed changing unit that decreases a fixing speed of the developer images in the fixing unit if the ambient temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit is a preset temperature or lower, as compared with the fixing speed if the ambient temperature is higher than the preset temperature; and an interval changing unit that decreases the interval if the ambient temperature is the preset temperature or lower, as compared with the interval if the ambient temperature is higher than the preset temperature.