| US 7,613,410 B2 | ||
| Image formation apparatus and heat roller adjustment support method | ||
| Yohei Doi, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Hiroshi Nakayama, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Tetsuo Kitamura, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Masanori Takai, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Toyoyasu Kusaka, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Satoshi Kinouchi, Tokyo (Japan); Yoshinori Tsueda, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Osamu Takagi, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshihiro Sone, Kanagawa-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/943,157. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/866959, filed on Nov. 22, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0118260 A1, May 22, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—67 | 20 Claims |
| 1. An image formation apparatus comprising:
a heat roller containing an electric conductor, for clamping paper with a toner image formed thereon with a pressurization
roller;
a heating unit being placed facing the heat roller for heating the heat roller;
a power supply unit for supplying power to the heating unit;
an acquisition unit for acquiring a power value based on the power supplied from the power supply unit;
a comparison unit for making a comparison between the power value acquired by the acquisition unit and a predetermined power
value; and
a display unit for displaying information concerning adjustment of a distance from the heat roller to the heating unit based
on the comparison result of the comparison unit.
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