Patent ID: 8989610
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a power supply section including a rectification section rectifying alternating current supplied from a commercial power supply, a power factor improvement section receiving current output from the rectification section, and a DC/DC converter converting direct current output from the power factor improvement section into direct current; a fixing section that includes a heater, the fixing section heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material onto the recording material, wherein a power supply path to the heater is branched from a power supply path from the commercial power supply to the power supply section, and the heater generates heat by power supplied from the commercial power supply without the power factor improvement section; a current detection section that detects current flowing to the heater through the power supply path to the heater; and a control section that controls operation of the power factor improvement section according to current detected by the current detection section.