Patent ID: 7209679
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an oxidation catalyst device for a wet-type electrophotographic image forming apparatus, in which the oxidation catalyst device comprises a duct for guiding air inside a fixation device, which applies heat and pressure to a paper deposited with a developer consisting of ink and liquid carrier, to the outside of the fixation device, a fan for forcibly discharging the air inside the fixation device, a heater for heating the air discharged from the fixation device, and an oxidation catalyst device-carrying body for facilitating oxidation resolution reaction of the carrier vapors entrained in the air as being discharged, the method comprising the steps of: (A) driving the fan at a rotational speed of N (B) driving the fan at a rotational speed of N wherein the rotational speed N