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US 2026/0023340 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorAkira Shimodaira
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member that includes a heater that generates heat in accordance with a predetermined fixing temperature to fix an unfixed image held on a medium, a bend detector that is disposed upstream from the fixing member in a medium transport direction to detect a bend of a medium having a leading end arriving at the fixing member, and a heating control member that controls the heater based on the bend of the medium detected by the bend detector.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a fixing member that includes a heater that generates heat in accordance with a predetermined fixing temperature to fix an unfixed image held on a medium;
- a bend detector that is disposed upstream from the fixing member in a medium transport direction to detect a bend of a medium having a leading end arriving at the fixing member;
- and
- a heating control member that controls the heater based on the bend of the medium detected by the bend detector.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- fixing means including a heater that generates heat in accordance with a predetermined fixing temperature to fix an unfixed image held on a medium;
- bend detecting means, disposed upstream from the fixing means in a medium transport direction, for detecting a bend of a medium having a leading end arriving at the fixing means;
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- heating control means for controlling the heater based on the bend of the medium detected by the bend detecting member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.