Patent ID: 7590366
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A system for improving a glossiness of an image, the system comprising: a fixing device having a fixing member which heat fixes a toner image on a recording material in a fixing nip portion, said fixing device being controlled so that said fixing member maintains a first target temperature; a glossiness improving device having a glossiness improving member which improves a glossiness of the toner image fixed by said fixing device on the recording material by heat in a heating nip portion that has a width, measured in a direction of movement of the recording material, which is smaller than that of the fixing nip portion, said glossiness improving member being controlled so that said glossiness improving member maintains a second target temperature; and an executing device for executing an operation in a mode in which a reduced number of recording materials are passed through said fixing device and said glossiness improving device per unit time, when at least one of lowering of the temperature of said fixing member to a first predetermined temperature and lowering of the temperature of said glossiness improving member to a second predetermined temperature is executed, during glossiness improving operations for a plurality of recording materials, wherein a difference between the second target temperature and the second predetermined temperature is smaller than a difference between the first target temperature and the first predetermined temperature.