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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Kaji, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a detecting element that detects a temperature of a heat generating member, a counter that counts a value corresponding to a cumulative time in which an endless belt is heated, and a controller that controls a timing of a start of image formation by an image forming portion depending on an output of the detecting element. When the value counted by the counter corresponds to a first cumulative time, the controller starts the image formation at a first timing when the detecting element carries out an output corresponding to a first temperature, and, when the value counted by the counter corresponds to a second cumulative time longer than the first, the controller starts the image formation at a second timing when the detecting element carries out an output corresponding to a lower second temperature.