Patent ID: 8971747
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section configured to form an image on a medium with a decolorizable toner; a fixing and decolorizing section configured to fix the image formed on the medium and to decolorize the image on the medium selectively; a heat generating section configured to heat the fixing and decolorizing section to a first temperature during the fixing and to heat the fixing and decolorizing section to a second temperature higher than the first temperature during the decolorizing; a count section configured to count time during which the image forming section doesn't perform an image forming after the image forming on the medium is finished through the fixing; and a control section configured to heat the fixing and decolorizing section at the second temperature after the time counted by the count section reaches a predetermined threshold time, wherein, the control section also heats the heat generating section at the first temperature or a third temperature lower than the first temperature to keep energizing the fixing and decolorizing until the time counted by the count section reaches the predetermined threshold time.