Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Katakura
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming section, a fixing section and a controller. The image forming section forms a toner image with at least one selected from a first toner having a first fixing temperature area and a second toner having a second fixing temperature area of which a lower limit fixing temperature is higher than the first toner. The fixing section fixes the toner image on the sheet. The controller controls a standby temperature of the fixing section to a temperature lower than the lower limit fixing temperature of the second fixable temperature area.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming section configured to form a toner image with at least one selected from a first toner having a first fixing temperature range and a second toner having a second fixing temperature range, the first toner different from the second toner, the second fixing temperature range having a second lower limit fixing temperature of the second toner is higher than a first lower limit fixing temperature of the first fixing temperature range of the first toner;
- a fixing section configured to fix the toner image on a sheet with at least one selected from the first toner and the second toner;
- and
- a controller configured to control a standby temperature of the fixing section to a temperature lower than the second lower limit fixing temperature of the second fixing temperature range of the second toner.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming section configured to form a toner image with at least one selected from a decoloring toner having a first fixing temperature range and a non-decoloring toner having a second fixing temperature range, the first toner different from the second toner, the second fixing temperature range of the second toner having a second lower limit fixing temperature higher than a first lower limit fixing temperature of the first fixing temperature range of the first toner;
- a fixing section configured to fix the toner image on a sheet with at least one selected from the first toner and the second toner;
- and
- a controller configured to control a standby temperature of the fixing section to a temperature lower than the second lower limit fixing temperature of the second fixing temperature range of the second toner.
An image forming method, comprising:
- forming a toner image with at least one selected from a first toner having a first fixing temperature range and a second toner having a second fixing temperature range, the first toner different from the second toner, the second fixing temperature range of the second toner having a second lower limit fixing temperature higher than a first lower limit fixing temperature of the first fixing temperature range of the first toner;
- fixing the toner image on a sheet with at least one selected from the first toner and the second toner;
- and
- keeping a standby temperature of a fixing section to a temperature lower than the second lower limit fixing temperature of the second fixing temperature range of the second toner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.