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US 2019/0317433 A1Published application
Image Forming Apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsTaiga HIATE, Takuto SHIBUYA
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Abstract
A fixing device of an image forming apparatus includes: a fixing belt, a heat source that heats a portion of the fixing belt; and a pressure roller that forms a nip between the pressure roller and the fixing belt and that transports a sheet. In the heat source, a standby temperature (setting temperature in a suspension standby mode) in a standby state in which rotation of the fixing belt is suspended is set to be higher than a printing temperature in a printing state.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of chargers that each charge an image carrier;
- a plurality of developing devices that each form a toner image on the charged image carrier;
- and
- a fixing device that fixes the toner image, transferred from the image carrier to a recording medium, to the recording medium, wherein
- the fixing device includes
- a fixing rotation body,
- a heat application source that heats a portion of the fixing rotation body, and
- a pressing rotation body that forms a nip between the pressing rotation body and the fixing rotation body and that transports the recording medium, and
- in the heat application source, a standby temperature in a standby state in which rotation of the fixing rotation body is suspended is set to be higher than a printing temperature in a printing state.
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