Abstract: A liquid holding amount of a porous body of a liquid absorbing member for removing at least a portion of an aqueous liquid component from an image obtained by ink jet printing is controlled so as to reduce damage to the porous body while maintaining performance of removing attached matters from the porous body by using a cleaning member which abuts on the porous body and has an adhesive force.

Abstract: A liquid holding amount of a porous body of a liquid absorbing member for removing at least a portion of an aqueous liquid component from an image obtained by ink jet printing is controlled so as to reduce damage to the porous body while maintaining performance of removing attached matters from the porous body by using a cleaning member which abuts on the porous body and has an adhesive force.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material with a first toner and a second toner which are different in color from each other; and a light irradiating portion configured to irradiate, with light, the toner image formed on the recording material by the image forming portion. The first toner and the second toner include resin materials containing a common functional group. An infrared absorption wavelength range resulting from the functional group is 2.6 ?m or more and 3.6 ?m or less. A maximum intensity wavelength of the light with which the toner image is irradiated by the irradiating portion is in the 2.6 ?m or more and 3.6 ?m or less.

Abstract: A heating rotator includes a rubber layer containing 10 to 60 volume % of at least one of magnetic particles of iron, nickel, cobalt, ?-iron oxide, alnico, ferrite, and neodymium, and heats a toner image formed on a recording material at a nip portion. A control portion controls density of magnetic flux acting on the rubber layer from a magnetic flux generate portion.

Abstract: A rotatable heating member incorporating a heat source configured to heat a toner image on a sheet includes an elastic layer and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer. When thermal effusivity of the surface layer is Bs and thermal effusivity of the elastic layer is Be, the following relationship is satisfied: ?0.04<(Be?Bs)/Be<0.04.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material with a first toner and a second toner which are different in color from each other; and a light irradiating portion configured to irradiate, with light, the toner image formed on the recording material by the image forming portion. The first toner and the second toner include resin materials containing a common functional group. An infrared absorption wavelength range resulting from the functional group is 2.6 ?m or more and 3.6 ?m or less. A maximum intensity wavelength of the light with which the toner image is irradiated by the irradiating portion is in the 2.6 ?m or more and 3.6 ?m or less.

Abstract: A heating member has a multi-layered structure of n layers in total to which layer numbers are assigned sequentially from one on a heat source side to a surface in contact with a recording medium. An n?th layer is heated by the heat source. The thermal permeability of the n?th layer is larger than the thermal permeability of a n?1?th layer and satisfies the following relationship: ?{square root over (?nt)}?dn where, ?n[m2/s] is the thermal diffusivity of the n?th layer, and dn[m] is the thickness of the n?th layer.

Abstract: A rotatable heating member incorporating a heat source configured to heat a toner image on a sheet includes an elastic layer and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer. When thermal effusivity of the surface layer is Bs and thermal effusivity of the elastic layer is Be, the following relationship is satisfied: ?0.4<(Be?Bs)/Be<0.4.

Abstract: A heating member has a multi-layered structure of n layers in total to which layer numbers are assigned sequentially from one on a heat source side to a surface in contact with a recording medium. A n?th layer is heated by the heat source. Thermal permeability of the n?th layer is larger than thermal permeability of a n?1?th layer and satisfies a following relationship: ?{square root over (?nt)}?dn where, ?n[m2/s] is thermal diffusivity of the n?th layer, and dn[m] is a thickness of the n?th layer.

Abstract: A method of discriminating a type of recording medium and a discriminating apparatus in which the type of recording medium is discriminated based on a temperature change of the recording medium when the recording medium is heated. A type of recording medium is discriminated based on a phase difference between a pulse signal input to a heating device and a pulse signal output by a detecting device detecting a temperature of a recording medium.

Abstract: A recording-medium identification device has a light-emitting element for applying light on the recording medium and a detection element for detecting diffusely reflected light reflected in a backward direction, that is, a direction opposite to the direction in which the applied light is made incident, the diffusely reflected light being part of the applied light that is scattered and reflected on the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: A method of discriminating a type of recording medium and a discriminating apparatus in which the type of recording medium is discriminated based on a temperature change of the recording medium when the recording medium is heated.

Abstract: A recording-medium identification device has a light-emitting element for applying light on the recording medium and a detection element for detecting diffusely reflected light reflected in a backward direction, that is, a direction opposite to the direction in which the applied light is made incident, the diffusely reflected light being part of the applied light that is scattered and reflected on the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: This specification discloses a recording apparatus comprising recording means for effecting recording on a recording medium, and conveying means for conveying the recording medium, the recording apparatus further comprising a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and control means for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. The specification also discloses a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus, comprising executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.