Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKen Iguchi
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus encompasses a heat roller, a lamp, a use amount acquisition section, a switching controller and a cycle controller. The heat roller heats a sheet printed with a toner image. The lamp heats the heat roller. The use amount acquisition section acquires a use amount of the lamp. The switching controller repeats a processing from a moment at which the lamp is charged until the lamp is charged next after the lamp is not charged in a predetermined control cycle. The cycle controller sets the cycle based on the use amount.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a heat roller that heats a sheet printed with a toner image;
- a lamp that heats the heat roller;
- a use amount acquisition section that acquires a use amount of the lamp;
- a cycle controller that sets a cycle based on the use amount;
- and
- a switching controller that repeats a performance which the lamp is turned on and turned off in the cycle sets by the cycle controller.
An image forming method, comprising:
- heating a heat roller with a lamp;
- heating a sheet printed with a toner image with the heat roller;
- acquiring a use amount of the lamp;
- setting a cycle based on the use amount;
- and
- repeating a processing from a moment at which the lamp is charged until the lamp is charged next after the lamp is not charged in a predetermined control cycle.
- repeating turning on and turning off the lamp in the cycle sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.