| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device that saves energy without causing temperature unevenness and also reduces a warming-up time or a reset time from a sleep mode. <P>SOLUTION: According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing belt including a conductive layer, an induction-current generating section to electromagnetically induction-heat the conductive layer, an opposed section to form a nip in cooperation with the fixing belt, an auxiliary heat generating section electromagnetically induction-heated by the induction-current generating section, and a moving section to move the auxiliary heat generating section with respect to the fixing belt. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
