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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit including a tubular film and an opposed member to form a first nip, a conveying unit including a second nip, the pressure variable mechanism changing a pressure of the second nip, a control unit controlling the pressure variable mechanism, and an acquisition unit acquiring information about a length of the recording material. The control unit controls the pressure variable mechanism according to the information so that the recording material is conveyed by the second nip set to a first pressure when the length of the recording material is less than a predetermined length, and the recording material is conveyed by the second nip set to a second pressure lower than the first pressure when the length of the recording material is equal to or greater than the predetermined length.