Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that controls a fixing condition of a fixing portion based on a shape of a sheet to be used in image formation
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Application No.: US15933755Application Date: 2018-03-23
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Publication No.: US10241433B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Shigeru Tanaka , Yasuharu Chiyoda , Daigo Matsuura , Mitsuru Hasegawa , Yusuke Yamaguchi , Shigeru Hirano
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2017-062720 20170328
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G13/20 ; G03G13/16
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a reading configured to read a shape of a sheet to be used for image formation, and an original sheet carrying an original image, and an image forming portion configured to form a toner image, corresponding to the original image read by the reading portion, on the sheet to be used for image formation. A fixing portion is configured to fix the toner image, formed by the image forming portion, to the sheet to be used for image formation. In addition, a controller is configured to control a fixing condition of the fixing portion in accordance with the shape of the sheet to be used for image formation read by the reading portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284633A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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