发明申请
- 专利标题: SHEET BINDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME
- 专利标题(中): 装订装置和成像装置的图像形成装置
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申请号: US13570838申请日: 2012-08-09
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公开(公告)号: US20130051886A1公开(公告)日: 2013-02-28
- 发明人: Tetsuo WATANABE , Koichi KUDO , Yoshinobu TAKEYAMA , Takashi HASHIMOTO , Fumihito MASUBUCHI , Natsumi MATSUE
- 申请人: Tetsuo WATANABE , Koichi KUDO , Yoshinobu TAKEYAMA , Takashi HASHIMOTO , Fumihito MASUBUCHI , Natsumi MATSUE
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- 当前专利权人: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 优先权: JP2011-183009 20110824
- 主分类号: G03G15/00
- IPC分类号: G03G15/00
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an adhesive toner pattern in a predetermined bonding range of a sheet, outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed, a stacking unit to stack multiple sheets one on top of another, and a sheet binding device that includes a fusing device to fuse and fix the adhesive toner pattern formed on the multiple sheets to bind the multiple sheets together, and a bonding strength setting unit to determine, in accordance with a desired bonding strength, at least one of a number of color toners used for forming the adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern.