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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Yoshikawa, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Noda, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Abiko, JP;
Katsuya Nakama, Nagareyama, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Toride, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Kashiwa, JP;
Akihiro Kawakita, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image fixing portion detachably mountable to a main assembly and including first and second rollers forming an image fixing nip therebetween; a rubbing roller for rubbing treatment of the first roller; a setting portion for setting whether to permit the execution of the treatment when a number of the recording materials fed to the fixing portion exceeds a predetermined number; a storing portion, provided in the fixing portion, for storing set information corresponding to the setting relating to permission of the treatment set through the setting portion; and a controller for controlling execution of the treatment. If the set information in the storing portion indicates the permission of the treatment, the controller executes the treatment. If not, the controller does not execute the treatment.