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US 2023/0408958 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and control method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorShigeru TASHIRO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that thermally fixes an image based on a print job onto a sheet; and a hardware processor that changes a set temperature of the fixing device depending on a type of a printer driver that has generated the print job.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing device that thermally fixes an image based on a print job onto a sheet;
- and
- a hardware processor that changes a set temperature of the fixing device depending on a type of a printer driver that has generated the print job.
A method of controlling a fixing device that thermally fixes an image based on a print job onto a sheet, the method comprising:
- determining a type of a printer driver that has generated the print job;
- and
- changing a set temperature of the fixing device depending on the type of the printer driver determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.