Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and consumed power reduction method
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Application No.: US15937763Application Date: 2018-03-27
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Publication No.: US10209656B1Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Masaaki Wakamatsu
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA , TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA,TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA,TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JP2017-156038 20170810
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a first printer section configured to form an image on a sheet using decolorable toner which is decolored by heating thereof, a second printer section configured to form an image on the sheet using non-decolorable toner, a heating section configured to heat the sheet on which the image is formed, and a controller configured to control the operation of the image forming apparatus based on an electric energy value which is an integrated value of power consumed within a predetermined time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190049882A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONSUMED POWER REDUCTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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