Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsRyo FUJIMITSU, Nobuyasu TAMURA, Shinichi TSUKAMURA, Hideaki TANAKA, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Daiki YAMANAKA, Katsuya TOYOFUKU
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a temperature detection section configured to detect a temperature of a recording medium before a toner image is fixed to the recording medium; a preheating section configured to heat at least a front surface of the recording medium before the toner image is formed on the recording medium; and a controller configured to control heating by the preheating section during printing based on the temperature of the recording medium detected by the temperature detection section.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a temperature detection section configured to detect a temperature of a recording medium before a toner image is fixed to the recording medium;
- a preheating section configured to heat at least a front surface of the recording medium before the toner image is formed on the recording medium;
- and
- a controller configured to control heating by the preheating section during printing based on the temperature of the recording medium detected by the temperature detection section.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- a detection step of detecting a temperature of a recording medium before a toner image is fixed to the recording medium;
- a calculation step of calculating a temperature difference between the temperature of the recording medium and a preset target temperature as a correction amount;
- a heating step of heating at least a front surface of the recording medium at a temperature based on the correction amount and the target temperature;
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- a printing step of printing on the recording medium in which at least the front surface has been heated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.