Patent ID: 9176438
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming device to form a toner image on a recording medium under a prescribed image forming condition; a fixing device to fix the toner image borne on the recording medium thereonto by heating the recording medium based on a target fixing temperature; and a detector to detect the type of recording medium, the type being used in setting at least one of the image forming condition and the target fixing temperature, wherein the recording medium is conveyed at a prescribed process line speed at least until the tip of the recording medium reaches the fixing device after the tip of the recording medium reaches the detector, and wherein Tb >Ta, where Ta represents a time period needed to reach a setting of fixing temperature allocated to the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector after detection of the tip and Tb represents a time period needed for the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector to reach the fixing device after detection of the tip.