Patent ID: 7043185
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus comprising: a heating member; a support member; a fixing belt wound around between the heating member and the support member; a facing member arranged so as to face the fixing belt; a first heater that heats the heating member; a second heater that heats the support member; and a third heater that heats the facing member, wherein a recording medium is passed through a nip portion between the facing member and the fixing belt that rotates, and a toner image is fixed on the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to toner on the toner image during the passage of the recording medium through the nip portion, wherein at the time of fixing operation, only the first heater is energized, of the first to third heaters, and all the first to third heaters are energized at the time of startup operation and during a standby state.