IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: MIZUTANI MIZUNARI, NAKADA MASATO, FUKUHARA TAKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.12.2016
• Subjects: BOOKBINDING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; FILES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES ORPERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER; STORING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve binding strength by a pressure fastening scheme.SOLUTION: Provided is an image formation device for forming an image on sheets to be bound in a sheet processing device that holds a bundle of sheets between a protrusion and a recess facing each other and presses the bundle of sheets to bind, the device comprising: a fixation unit for performing a fixation process on the sheet; a humidity acquisition unit for acquiring the humidity of an environment that affects the moisture content of a sheet that is the object of image formation and output; a thermal dose determination unit for determining a thermal dose to the sheet by the fixation unit in accordance with the acquired humidity; and a heating control unit for controlling a thermal dose to the sheet by the fixation unit in accordance with the determined thermal dose.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13 【課題】圧着方式による綴じ強度を向上させること。【解決手段】対向する凹凸部でシート束を挟んで押圧することにより前記シート束を綴じるシート処理装置において綴じ処理の対象となるシートに画像を形成する画像形成装置であって、前記シートに対して定着処理を行う定着部と、画像形成出力の対象となるシートに含まれる水分量に影響を与える環境の湿度を取得する湿度取得部と、取得された前記湿度に応じて前記定着部による前記シートへの加熱量を決定する加熱量決定部と、決定された前記加熱量に従って、前記定着部による前記シートへの加熱量を制御する加熱制御部と、を備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】図１３