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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a film, a heater contacting the film which has a substrate, a first heat generating segment on a first surface of the substrate, and a second heat generating segment on a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pressure member forming the nip portion, a temperature detection unit detecting a temperature of the second surface, and a control unit supplying power to the heater so that the detected temperature becomes a target temperature, wherein the control unit can perform a first heater control so as to supply power only to the first heat generating segment, and a first heater control so as to supply power only to the second heat generating segment, and wherein the target temperature during performing the second heater control is higher than the target temperature during performing the first heater control.
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