摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct large curl amount caused by making a sheet pass through two fixing units. SOLUTION: In the fixing device having two or more fixing units, a detection means for detecting the direction and the amount of the curl of the sheet is provided on a more downstream side in a feeding direction than the fixing unit on the most upstream side in the feeding direction, and a sheet curl straightening means positioned on the downstream side in the feeding direction of the detection means is controlled in accordance with the direction and the amount of the curl. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
|