IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING MEHTOD

摘要

The image forming apparatus includes an image processing section that converts image data into pixel data, an image forming section that forms a toner image based on the pixel data, and a fixing section that fixes the toner image to the recording material by heating the recording material with the toner image formed thereon while conveying the recording material through a nip portion, wherein the image processing section divides the pixel data corresponding to one recording material into a plurality of areas each formed of a predetermined number of pixels and acquires density information on some of the pixels within each of the areas as representative values, wherein the fixing section carries out a process of fixing the toner image for which the density information has been acquired, under a fixing condition according to a maximum value of the representative values.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an image processing section that converts image data into pixel data; an image forming section that forms a toner image based on the pixel data onto the recording material; and a fixing section that fixes the toner image onto the recording material by heating the recording material on which the toner image is formed while conveying the recording material through a nip portion, wherein the image processing section divides the pixel data corresponding to one sheet of the recording material into a plurality of areas each of which is formed by a predetermined number of pixels and acquires density information on some of the pixels within each of the areas as representative values, wherein the fixing section fixes the toner image for which the density information has been acquired, under a fixing condition according to a maximum value of the representative values.