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Image forming apparatus which can form an image on a label sheet and control method thereof

  • US 10,108,119 B1
  • Filed: 01/23/2018
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a sheet transport path;

    a toner image transfer section along the sheet transport path at which a toner image is transferred to a sheet conveyed along the sheet transport path;

    a heating unit downstream from the toner image transfer section in a sheet transporting direction, the heating unit having a plurality of heating members arranged along a sheet width direction; and

    a control unit configured to determine locations of end portions of a label on the sheet in the sheet width direction, and during heating of the sheet by the heating unit, control heating members at locations facing the end portions of the label to generate less heat than the one or more of the other heating members.

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