发明名称 |
Image forming apparatus |
摘要 |
In the present invention, upon return from a standby mode or sleep mode, image data is acquired as warming-up time estimate information for estimating the warming-up time to increase the temperature of a fixing belt to a target fixing temperature and, if the acquired image data is the data on a black-and-white image, control is performed to delay the heating start timing of the fixing belt. |
申请公布号 |
US9069304(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.06.30 |
申请号 |
US201314072027 |
申请日期 |
2013.11.05 |
申请人 |
Ricoh Company, Limited |
发明人 |
Seshita Takuya;Satoh Masahiko;Yoshikawa Masaaki;Yoshinaga Hiroshi;Iwaya Naoki;Takagi Hiromasa;Imada Takahiro;Gotoh Hajime;Suzuki Akira;Ishii Kenji;Ogawa Tadashi;Kawata Teppei;Yoshiura Arinobu;Shimokawa Toshihiko;Yamaji Kensuke;Uchitani Takeshi;Hase Takamasa;Yuasa Shuutaroh |
分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
代理机构 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce |
代理人 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce |
主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium in accordance with input image information; a fixing unit configured to apply heat of a heated heating member to the image formed on the recording medium by the image forming unit so as to fix the image to the recording medium, thereby performing a heat fixing operation; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire warming-up time estimate information for estimating a warming-up time to increase a temperature of the heating member to a target fixing temperature, the warming-up time estimate information including information related to at least a type of the image and heat-accumulation state information of the fixing unit; and a heating control unit configured to control a heating start timing of the heating member based on the type of the image and a waiting time determined based on the heat-accumulation state information. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |