IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FIXING UNIT INCLUDING ELECTRIC HEATING WIRE HEATER

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that includes a roller and an electric heating wire heater, a current applying circuit that applies electrical current to the electric heater wire heater, a measuring unit electrically connected to the current applying circuit and that measures a val...

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Hauptverfasser: Kimura Taku, Kimata Akinori, Kirikubo Seiichi, Aoki Mikiyuki, Tamada Takeshi
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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that includes a roller and an electric heating wire heater, a current applying circuit that applies electrical current to the electric heater wire heater, a measuring unit electrically connected to the current applying circuit and that measures a value of electrical current that flows through the electric heating wire heater, and a controller that controls the electrical current that flows through the electric heating wire heater by controlling the current applying circuit based on the electrical current value measured by the measuring unit. The controller controls the electrical current to be less than or equal to an electrical current limit value. A magnitude of the electrical current limit value is linked to a magnitude of stable state electrical current.