摘要:
A fixing device includes a fixing member including a heat generating layer that generates heat by induction, the fixing member fixing images onto plural recording media that are successively supplied thereto with heat generated from the heat generating layer; a pressure member that contacts the fixing member and forms a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member, the nip allowing the recording media to pass therethrough; an induction heating unit that inductively heats the heat generating layer of the fixing member; and a controller that controls a manner in which the induction heating unit heats the heat generating layer when the plural recording media successively pass through the nip in accordance with a total of times during which the recording media are not present in the nip, the total of times being measured from when the recording media started passing through the nip.
摘要:
A fixing device includes a fixing unit, a power supply unit, a pressure applying unit, and a controller. The fixing unit fixes toner onto a recording medium, using heat generated by a heat generator. The power supply unit supplies power to drive the fixing unit. The pressure applying unit applies pressure to the recording medium in a nip part between the pressure applying unit and the fixing unit. When plural recording media are sequentially transported, the controller controls the power supply unit to supply power during a first time period from when a trailing edge of one of the recording media passes the nip part to when a leading edge of the subsequent recording medium arrives at the nip part, in accordance with a relationship between the first time period and a second time period required to start the supply of power after the supply of power is stopped.
摘要:
A fixing device includes a first rotation member, a fixing member, a determining unit, and a magnetic field generating unit. The first rotation member rotates around a first axis. The fixing member includes a second rotation member which rotates around a second axis while being in contact with the first rotation member, and which generates heat by using electromagnetic induction in an alternating-current magnetic field. The fixing member fixes an image onto a medium in a region where the first rotation member and the second rotation member come into contact with each other. The determining unit determines whether or not a current state is a certain state where the medium or an image formed on the medium is passing through the region. The magnetic field generating unit generates an alternating-current magnetic field in a space including the second rotation member.