Patent ID: 9316971
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A method for forming a toner image on a recording medium, comprising: receiving a printer job; rotating a pressing rotary body in a predetermined direction of rotation; rotating a flexible endless belt disposed opposite the pressing rotary body to form a nip therebetween in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the pressing rotary body; turning on a halogen heater disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the flexible endless belt to heat the flexible endless belt; conveying the recording medium bearing the toner image through the nip; turning off the halogen heater for a predetermined first time period after the recording medium is discharged from the nip while the flexible endless belt and the pressing rotary body rotate; stopping the flexible endless belt and the pressing rotary body; turning off the halogen heater for a predetermined second time period after stopping the flexible endless belt and the pressing rotary body regardless of a temperature of the flexible endless belt in a standby mode; and turning off the halogen heater in an off mode.