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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that includes a pressing unit and a heating unit provided facing the pressing unit, an image-forming-apparatus body in which the fixing device is housed and to and from which the fixing device is attachable and detachable, a fixing-device-attachment-detachment-detecting member that detects attachment or detachment of the fixing device to or from the image-forming-apparatus body, and a controller that controls, if the fixing-device-attachment-detachment-detecting member detects the detachment of the fixing device from the image-forming-apparatus body, the image-forming-apparatus body to take a position where the pressing unit and the heating unit are to be pressed against each other.