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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2014 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2009 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2045 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing section including a fixing belt laid over a plurality of supporting rollers and an endless rotating section that forms a nip between the rotating section and the fixing belt, the fixing section being configured to nip and carry a recording medium in the nip, and a control section configured to control the fixing section at first fixing speed while a leading end of the recording medium is passing at least a part of the nip and control the fixing section at second fixing speed higher than the first fixing speed after controlling the fixing section at the first fixing speed.