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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyasu Tamura, Hachioji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on paper fed from a paper housing unit; a heater lighting control unit configured to determine, based on a temperature detected by a temperature detecting unit in a fixing unit at least including a fixing roller that holds and carries the paper on which the image is formed, a pressure roller arranged in pressure-contact with the fixing roller, a heater that heats the fixing roller, and the temperature detecting unit arranged in a vicinity of the heater, a lighting rate of the heater; and a paper determination unit configured to determine information related to the paper based on lighting rates of the heater in standby and in printing which rates are determined by the heater lighting control unit.