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US 2015/0338800 A1Published application
Iimage forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiyuki UENO
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor obtains information regarding reuse of a sheet. The controller controls a heating temperature of a fixer such that a target fixing temperature becomes a fixing temperature corresponding to the information regarding the reuse to be obtained by the sensor.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image to the sheet to be conveyed by the conveying unit using an erasable toner;
- a fixer configured to heat the image at a target fixing temperature to fix the image to be formed by the image forming unit onto the sheet;
- a sensor configured to obtain information regarding reuse of the sheet;
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- a controller configured to control a heating temperature of the fixer such that the target fixing temperature becomes a fixing temperature corresponding to the information regarding the reuse to be obtained by the sensor.
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