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AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOsamu Takagi
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According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes determination means for determining the size of an image forming area of a medium, heating means for including an endless rotating body, plural heat-generating members which are formed in a perpendicular direction to a transporting direction, inclined by a predetermined angle, and divided by a predetermined length, and are disposed so as to come into contact with an inner side of the rotating body, and a switching unit which switches individual conduction, and heats the medium, pressing means for forming a nip by performing pressing and contact at a position of the plural heat-generating members, and nipping and carrying the medium in the transporting direction along with the heating means, and heating control means for controlling the switching unit to select and conduct heat-generating members and controlling the heating means to heat the medium.
A fixing device comprising:
A printing device comprising:
A fixing temperature control method of a fixing device which includes a plurality of heat-generating resistors, a plurality of switches, and a pressing roller and fixes a toner image on the medium by heating a plurality of heat-generating resistors that heat a medium, each heat-generating resistor being inclined from the transporting direction to a direction of a predetermined angle, and being divided by a predetermined length, individually switching conduction of these heat-generating resistors, the plurality of switch, each of the switches being connected to each heat-generation resistor, the method comprising:
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