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US 6,151,463 AGranted
Apparatus and method for forming a toner image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigemichi Hamano
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigemichi Hamano
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It is an object of this invention to provide a copying machine which can suppress an increase in total power consumption of the overall machine. In executing a plural image formation mode in which a plurality of read images are continuously transferred onto an intermediate transfer medium (405) as an image carrier and transferred onto printing media, when a read original toner image formed on a photosensitive member (402) is transferred first onto the intermediate transfer medium (405), a toner image formed on the intermediate transfer medium (405) is then transferred onto a printing medium, and the images are fixed on the printing media by using a fixing roller (407) incorporating two heaters, energization of the two heaters is alternately inhibited at least in the interval between the instant at which one image is transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium (405) and the instant at which a next image is read and transferred, thereby performing control to inhibit the two heaters from simultaneously generating heat.
An image forming method of forming a toner image on a photosensitive member, transferring the toner image formed on the photosensitive member onto a printing medium, and fixing the toner image transferred onto the printing medium by using a plurality of heaters, said method comprising the step of inhibiting driving of at least one of the plurality of heaters in an interval between forming a toner image and continuously forming a next toner image.
An image forming method of forming images corresponding to a plurality of pages on an image carrier capable of carrying toner images corresponding to a plurality of pages, and sequentially fixing toner images corresponding to the plurality of pages, formed on the image carrier, on printing media by using a plurality of heaters, said method comprising the step of inhibiting driving of at least one of the plurality of heaters in an interval between forming one of the toner images corresponding to the plurality of pages and forming a next image.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
An image processing apparatus comprising:
An image forming method of reading an original image, forming a toner image on a photosensitive member, and fixing the toner image transferred onto a printing medium by using a plurality of heaters, said method comprising the step of inhibiting driving of at least one of the plurality of heaters in an interval between reading an original image and continuously reading a next original image.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
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