IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station; a mounting portion for mounting one of fixing devices each including a first roller and a second roller which cooperate to form a nip for fixing a toner image on a sheet fed from the image forming station, a rubbing roller configured to rub a surface of the first roller, a storing portion capable of storing information; a counter for counting sheets fed to the fixing device mounted on the mounting portion and to store number indicative of the number counted by the counter in the storing portion of the fixing device; and an executing portion for effecting a rubbing treatment to the first roller of the fixing device, when the number counted by the counter on the basis of the number in the storing portion of the fixing device mounted on the mounting portion exceeds a predetermined number.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming station configured to form a unfixed toner image on a recording material; a mounting portion configured to mount one of fixing devices each including a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member which cooperate with each other to form a nip for fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording material fed from said image forming station, a rubbing rotatable member configured to rub a surface of said first rotatable member, a storing portion capable of storing information; a counter configured to count recording materials fed to said fixing device mounted on said mounting portion and to store number information indicative of the number counted by said counter in said storing portion of said fixing device mounted on said mounting portion; and an executing portion configured to execute a rubbing treatment of a rubbing rotatable member to said first rotatable member of the fixing device mounted on said mounting portion, when the number counted by said counter on the basis of the number information acquired from said storing portion of said fixing device mounted on said mounting portion exceeds a predetermined number.