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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Ishiguro, Kawasaki, JP;
Masanobu Tanaka, Kashiwa, JP;
Suguru Takeuchi, Funabashi, JP;
Asuna Fukamachi, Kashiwa, JP;
Oki Kitagawa, Nagareyama, JP;
Yasuharu Toratani, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a sheet discharge unit to stack sheets, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The fixing unit fixes a toner image formed on a sheet by the image forming unit. The acquisition unit acquires information corresponding to a maximum toner application amount per unit area of the formed toner image. The controller controls the number of image formations on the sheets per unit time based on the acquired information. The controller executes a first job with a first number of image formations on the sheets per unit time during a period from an Lth sheet to an Mth sheet in the first job, and executes a second job with a second and smaller number of image formations on the sheets per unit time during the period from the Lth to the Mth sheet in the second job.