Patent ID: 9715197
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotator; a heat source to heat the fixing rotator; a controller to control the heat source such that a temperature of the fixing rotator is equal to a preset fixing temperature; a pressure rotator to contact an outer surface of the fixing rotator; and a nip formation pad inside the fixing rotator to abut the pressure rotator via the fixing rotator and form a nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator, wherein, when a print time of a previous job is longer than a prescribed time A and a next job is started within a prescribed time B after an end of the previous job, the controller corrects the preset fixing temperature during a time from a start of the next job to an entry of a print sheet into the nip and during a time from the entry of the print sheet into the nip to a lapse of a prescribed time C after the entry.