Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and image forming method
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Application No.: US17328416Application Date: 2021-05-24
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Publication No.: US11307521B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kimura
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: JPJP2020-101536 20200611
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus may include: a fixer that includes a fixing nip and makes an image formation medium pass through the fixing nip, to apply heat and pressure to the image formation medium, and fix toner containing wax to the image formation medium, an image formed with the toner having been transferred onto the image formation medium; and a hardware processor that controls the fixer in such a manner that an amount of wax precipitating on a surface of the image formation medium, when a laminating process is performed on the image formation medium to which the toner has been fixed, becomes smaller than when the laminating process is not performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210389702A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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