Image-forming apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYoshio Nakazawa
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Abstract
An image-forming apparatus for forming an image by heating a medium, the image-forming apparatus includes a connector connectable to a heating unit that heats the medium; a conmmercial power supply that generates power to be supplied to the heating unit; a switch system, provided between the heating unit and the conmmercial power supply, that switches the supply of the power to the heating unit on or off; and a switch control unit that controls the switch system based on the heating unit type.
Claims12
An image-forming apparatus for forming an image by heating a medium, the image-forming apparatus comprising:
- a connector connectable to a heating unit that heats the medium;
- a conmmercial power supply that generates power to be supplied to the heating unit;
- a switch system, provided between the heating unit and the conmmercial power supply, that switches the supply of the power to the heating unit on or off;
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- a switch control unit that controls the switch system based on the heating unit type.
An image-forming apparatus for forming an image by heating a medium, the image-forming apparatus comprising:
- a connector connectable to a heating unit that heats the medium;
- a conmmercial power supply that generates power to be supplied to the heating unit;
- a switch system, provided between the heating unit and the conmmercial power supply, that switches the supply of the power to the heating unit on or off;
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- a switch control unit that controls the switch system based on the heating unit type and the switch system type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.