Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsRyoma Tada, Yuuta Hayashi, Kizuku Ohno, Yuusuke Yamamoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first heater, a second heater, and processing circuitry. The first heater is used in an image forming process. The second heater is used in a processing process after the image forming process. The processing circuitry is to measure a temperature of the first heater, measure a temperature of the second heater, and control start of the image forming process based on a first measured temperature of the first heater and a second measured temperature of the second heater.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first heater configured to be used in an image forming process;
- a second heater configured to be used in a processing process after the image forming process;
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- processing circuitry configured to:
- measure a first measured temperature of the first heater;
- measure a second measured temperature of the second heater;
- predict, based on the first measured temperature, a first time at which the image forming process ends;
- predict, based on the second measured temperature, a second time until the second heater is ready for starting the processing process;
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- control, based on the first time and the second time, a start of the image forming process such that the image forming process ends at a point of time at which the second time elapses.
An image forming method, comprising:
- first measuring a temperature of a first heater configured to be used in an image forming process;
- second measuring a temperature of a second heater configured to be used in a processing process after the image forming process;
- predicting, based on the first measured temperature, a first time at which the image forming process ends;
- predicting, based on the second measured temperature, a second time until the second heater is ready for starting the processing process;
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- controlling, based on the first time and the second time, a start of the image forming process such that the image forming process ends at a point of time at which the second time elapses.
A non-transitory recording medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute a process, the process comprising:
- first measuring a temperature of a first heater configured to be used in an image forming process;
- second measuring a temperature of a second heater configured to be used in a processing process after the image forming process;
- predicting, based on the first measured temperature, a first time at which the image forming process ends;
- predicting, based on the second measured temperature, a second time until the second heater is ready for starting the processing process;
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- controlling, based on the first time and the second time, a start of the image forming process such that the image forming process ends at a point of time at which the second time elapses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.