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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Masahiro Samei, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Yasuharu Kawarasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Yasuharu Kawarasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller including a primary heating control portion that determines a first amount of power supplied to a heater based on a temperature of a fixing rotator detected by a temperature detector and controls the heater to perform a primary heating to heat the fixing rotator with the first amount of power, a secondary heating control portion that controls the heater to perform a secondary heating to heat the fixing rotator with a preset second amount of power, and a switch portion that controls the heater to switch between the primary heating and the secondary heating during an identical print job without changing a target temperature of the fixing rotator.