Image forming apparatus and method of controlling agitating member
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi ITOH, Norio KOUZU
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AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi ITOH, Norio KOUZU
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An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating member to heat a toner on a sheet; a heater to heat the rotating member; a power controller to maintain temperature of the rotating member in a first mode after the temperature reaches the target temperature, and configured to raise the temperature to the target temperature in a second mode after the temperature falls under the target temperature; a waste toner container to store a waste toner; an agitator to agitate the waste toner in the waste toner container; an driver to rotate the agitator a number of times in a drive if the heat controller stops to raise the temperature in the second mode; a counter to count a number of the drives; and an agitation controller to set the number of times in the drive based on the number of the drives.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
A method of controlling an agitator, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.