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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Gakushi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Gakushi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device provided in the apparatus body and forming an image on a surface of a recording medium, a cooler to cool the image forming device, a temperature detector to detect a temperature around the apparatus body, and a controller including a computing part to count a driving period of the image forming device and a memory to store a computed value obtained by the computing part as a counter value. The controller controls driving of the image forming device and driving of the cooler based on a detected temperature obtained by the temperature detector and the counter value. The controller adjusts the driving of the image forming device irrespective of the counter value to a regular driving speed when the detected temperature is lower than a reference temperature.