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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Abe, Minamiashigara, JP;
Nobuhiro Katsuta, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yasufumi Suwabe, Minamiashigara, JP;
Satoshi Tatsuura, Minamiashigara, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing unit that fixes a developer on a recording medium, a first heating unit, and at least one second heating unit. The first heating unit is disposed at an upstream side of the fixing unit in a transport direction of the recording medium, and heats the recording medium so that a temperature of the recording medium is set at a first temperature that is equal to or lower than a temperature of the fixing member and is equal to or higher than a thermal deformation temperature at which the recording medium is deformed. The at least one second heating unit comes into contact with the recording medium at a downstream side with respect to the first heating unit and at an upstream side with respect to the fixing unit, and heats the recording medium at a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.