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US 2023/0095629 A1Published application
Image formation apparatus and image formation method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorMIKIHIKO TAKADA
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes: a transferrer that forms a toner image on an image formation surface of paper; a fixer that fixes the toner image on the paper; a paper conveyor that conveys the paper between an upstream side of the transferrer and a downstream side of the fixer in a paper conveyance direction; and a paper pre-heater that heats, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper.
Claims16
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a transferrer that forms a toner image on an image formation surface of paper;
- a fixer that fixes the toner image on the paper;
- a paper conveyor that conveys the paper between an upstream side of the transferrer and a downstream side of the fixer in a paper conveyance direction;
- and
- a paper pre-heater that heats, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper.
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An image formation method comprising:
- forming, by a transferrer, a toner image on an image formation surface of paper;
- fixing, by a fixer, the toner image on the paper;
- conveying the paper between an upstream side of the transferrer and a downstream side of the fixer in a paper conveyance direction;
- and
- heating, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.