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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Ryota Yamashina, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitaro Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Terumichi Ochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Yamashina, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitaro Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Terumichi Ochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage to store recording media, a smoothness detector to detect smoothness of the recording media, a memory unit to store smoothness values detected by the smoothness detector, a transfer device to transfer a toner image onto the recording media, a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the recording media, a temperature controller to determine a target fixing temperature for a second and subsequent recording media based on a predicted value calculated from the smoothness values, and a processor to reset the smoothness values in response to detection of an external factor that causes the smoothness detector to provide a smoothness value out of a predetermined range of the predicted value during an image forming operation from when the processor receives a sheet-feeding permission signal of one of the recording media stored in the storage until the recording medium is ejected.