Electrophotography – Control of electrophotography process – Control of fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-30
2010-11-23
Gray, David M (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Control of electrophotography process
Control of fixing
C399S068000, C399S341000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07840150
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus has: a first heating device which heats recording sheet formed with a developer image; a cooling device which cools the recording sheet passing through the first heating device; a second heating device which heats the recording sheet cooled by the cooling device and gives a gloss to the image on the recording sheet; a conveying device which conveys the recording sheet passing through the first heating device to the second heating device through the cooling device; and a controller which controls a cooling ability of the cooling device in accordance with a conveying time required until the recording sheet is conveyed from the first heating device to the second heating device.
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Isemura Keizo
Mori Akihito
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Curran Gregory H
Gray David M
Rossi Kimms & McDowell LLP
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