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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107001 | CONTROLLING SPEED TO REDUCE IMAGE QUALITY ARTIFACTS A method for reducing artifacts on a toned sheet caused by buckling during fusing includes providing two compliant rollers that form a fusing nip for fusing the toned sheet. A control drives at least one of the rollers at a nominal speed to cause the rollers to rotate a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106999 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION PROGRAM An image formation device includes a receiving section, a formation section, a fixing section, a switching section, and a controller. The receiving section receives image formation data including image data, and sheet data which includes designations of a sheet and a co... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120027477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an image heating member for heating an image formed on each of a plurality of first recording materials and a second recording material; a pressing member for forming a nip, between itself and the image heating member, in which each ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020689 | PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING PRINTING APPARATUSES A printing system having a first printing apparatus to form an image on one side of continuous recording medium roll, a second printing apparatus arranged downstream from the first printing apparatus to form an image on the other side of the recording medium, and a cont... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110318037 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS There is provided a fixing device including: a heating member that, while rotating, heats and fixes a developer image onto a recording medium; a pressing member that nips and presses the recording medium between itself and the heating member; an external heating member ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming a toner image on a recording material; and a fixing portion including a heating rotatable member, a heating element for heating the heating rotatable member using heat generation by electric power ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311246 | Fixing Device, Image Forming Apparatus, and Method for Controlling Fixing Device A fixing device includes a fixing roller that is driven to rotate, a fixing belt that is driven by rotation of the fixing roller, and a driven roller that rotates along with the fixing belt. The fixing device also includes a pressing member that is pressed against the f... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a first paper feeding unit; a second paper feeding unit; a fixing unit configured to fix a developer image transferred onto a sheet; a conveying path configured to convey sheets; a receiving unit configur... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING IMAGE CARRYING BODY The image forming apparatus comprises: a first driving section causing an image carrying body carrying a developer image to perform regular rotation or reverse rotation; a fixing section fixing the developer image and conveying a sheet; a second driving section rotating... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110262166 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus including: a heating member which heats a toner image formed on a recording medium using a decolorizable toner containing a binder resin and a coloring agent containing a color developable compound and a color developing agent and having a cap... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110236036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit which fixes an unfixed toner image retained onto a recording medium by at least heat while moving the recording medium; a setting unit which sets a plurality of levels of fixing condition in the fixing unit in accordance... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110222886 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, and a driving unit. The fixing member and the pressing member define a nip portion where a toner image is fixed on a recording material. The driving unit is provided to the fixing member and the pressing membe... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222887 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE According to one embodiment, transit time taken for a recording medium passing through a nip portion to transit a predetermined distance is measured. A nip width adjusting mechanism adjusts a nip width on the basis of the transit time of the recording medium over the pr... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211875 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a fixing device including: a fixing member; and a pressure member configured to be pressed against the fixing member in order to form a nip portion, wherein a sheet configured to be fed into the nip portion in order ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110176821 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device, in which an unfixed image carried by a recording medium is passed through a fixing nip part being pressed by a fixing rotative body and a pressuring rotative body, and is fixed to the recording medium, is disclosed, including: a pressing part, and contr... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110123212 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS An image heating apparatus includes first image heater, having a nip through which a sheet passes, for heating toner image on the sheet; second image heater, having a nip through which the sheet passes, capable of heating the toner image on the sheet having passed throu... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110097663 | Printer Including a Fuser Assembly with Backup Member Temperature Sensor A printer is provided comprising substrate transport apparatus for moving substrates along a substrate path through the printer; a fuser assembly comprising a heat transfer member including a belt and a heater to heat the belt, a backup member adapted to engage the belt... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110064438 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device includes: a fixing roll that is rotatable; a belt member that is stretched over the fixing roll; a pressurizing roll that pressurizes the fixing roll via the belt member; a belt pressing member that presses an outer surface of the belt member to the pres... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110052234 | ENHANCED FUSING OF RAISED TONER USING ELECTROGRAPHY Printing of information with a distinct tactile feel can be accomplished by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing includes electrographic printing of raised images to selected areas of a receiver member using electrographic techniques so that they are ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110026944 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same In a fixing device, a fixing member contacts an opposing member to form a nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes. A plurality of separators provided downstream from the nip in a recording medium conveyance direction contacts the f... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100329717 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM An image forming apparatus includes: a gloss difference reducing unit that reduces a difference between gloss of an first image that is formed without using transparent toner in a first mode and gloss of a region, which does not use transparent toner, of a second image ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329718 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus comprises a fixing part for fixing a toner image on a transfer material to the transfer material, a conveying part provided on the downstream side of the fixing part, a correcting member provided in a conveyance path leading from the fixing pa... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329719 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a feeding controller for controlling feeding of the recording material, wherein when a size of the recording material is smaller than a reference size, the feeding controller expands a feeding interval between a precedent recording ma... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322654 | FUSER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fuser includes: a rotational member configured to rotate; a press member configured to press a recording medium at a nip between the rotational member; an induction-current generator configured to generate induction current in the rotational member; and a controller c... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100303495 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Provided is an image forming apparatus comprising a secondary transfer belt disposed at a position to face an intermediate transfer belt across the transfer passage of paper (P), a fixing belt disposed on the down-stream side of the secondary transfer belt in the transf... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303494 | APPARATUSES USEFUL IN PRINTING, PRINTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF FIXING MARKING MATERIAL ON MEDIA Apparatuses useful in printing, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material on media are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses useful in printing includes a marking device; a first transport device which transports a first medium and a suc... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100278551 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Disclosed is an image forming device which can prevent occurrence of damage on the surface of a fixing roller or a fixing belt due to the contact of the end of a sheet with the fixing roller or fixing belt. The image forming device, for transferring a toner image to a s... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100272458 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME A fixing device includes a fuser member, a pressure member, a first motor, a second motor, a pressure adjuster, and a controller. The fuser member defines a first heatable surface. The pressure member defines a second heatable surface. The first motor is connected to th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100266304 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD In a fixing device, an opposing member contacts a heating member to form a fixing nip between the heating member and the opposing member. A driver rotatively drives at least one of the heating member and the opposing member. A sheet supplier supplies and conveys a sheet... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100266305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A loop of a transferring material is formed at a position between a secondary transfer nip portion and a fixing nip portion such that a loop amount of the loop of the transferring material, which is formed at the position between the secondary transfer nip portion and t... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100239296 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus connected to a conveying-speed-changeable sheet post processing device includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet in a reverse discharge mode with front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and a non-reverse discharg... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100239283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member; an exposure device for exposing the image bearing member after being electrically charged; a developing device for developing, with toner, a latent image formed on the image bearing member by the exposu... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100239292 | Transfer-fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same In a transfer-fixing device for transferring and fixing a toner image on a transfer-fixing side of a recording medium, a transfer-fixing member carries the toner image. A pressing member presses against the transfer-fixing member to form a nip between the transfer-fixin... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100239295 | CONVEYANCE SPEED DIFFERENCE MAINTAINING HEAT AND PRESSURE FIXING SYSTEM A fixing apparatus includes a fixing mechanism having a first motor, and a conveyance mechanism arranged downstream of the fixing mechanism having a second motor. A motor control section is provided to control sheet conveyance speeds V1 and V2 in the respe... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100209122 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND FIXING TREATMENT METHOD A fixing device of the present invention is equipped with a heated body whose fixing temperature applied to toner is changed and which is heated in accordance with a type of toner that has been discriminated by a toner type discriminating unit that discriminates types o... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100196036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image to a sheet, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image transferred to the sheet on the sheet, a conveyance unit disposed between the transfer unit and the fixing unit to convey... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100183326 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FUSER NIP WIDTH An apparatus (100) and method (300) that adjusts a fuser nip width in an apparatus that can include a fuser member having a fuser nip configured to fuse an image on media is disclosed. The method can include feeding (320) a media sheet in a media sh... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100172667 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM A fixing device irradiates an unfixed toner image formed on the recording paper that is conveyed by an endless belt for conveying recording paper, with laser light so as to fuse the toner and fix the toner image. The fixing device includes a controller which makes such ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100129100 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus controls a sheet to be conveyed to a fixing unit with a first conveyance speed in case a charged amount of a recording agent in a developing unit is larger than a predetermined charged amount, and controls the sheet to be conveyed to the fixin... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100104307 | Image forming device and fuser An image forming device includes a heater, a heat application rotation member heated by the heater, a pressure application rotation member heated by the heat application rotation member, a detector configured to detect a surface temperature of the pressure application r... | 04/29/2010 |
