Image forming apparatus including temperature detection processing of a fixing member
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Mar 15, 2016
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Jul 23, 2015
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Jan 13, 2015
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Jan 21, 2014
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An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a heater, and a fixing member, the fixing unit configured to fix an image onto a recording material, a film configured to increase its temperature by absorbing infrared rays, a first sensor configured to measure a temperature of the film, a holding member configured to hold the film, a second sensor configured to measure a temperature of the holding member, a storage unit for storing a plurality of temperature determination information, a selection unit configured to select temperature determination information to interest, based on the measurement results of the first and the second sensor, from among the plurality of the stored temperature determination information, and a determination unit configured to determine a temperature of the fixing unit using the temperature determination information to interest selected by the selection unit, based on the measurement results of the first and the second sensor.
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