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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Kokubunji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a long paper sheet conveyed along a conveyance path extending from a paper feeding side to a paper discharging side includes: an image forming unit configured to transfer a toner image onto the long paper sheet; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image onto the long paper sheet; a paper existence determining unit configured to determine whether the long paper sheet exists along the conveyance path; a temperature determining unit configured to determine whether a fixing temperature of the fixing unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature when the paper existence determining unit determines that the long paper sheet exists along the conveyance path; and a state setting unit configured to disable a fixing operation of the fixing unit when the temperature determining unit determines that the fixing temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.