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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kyosuke Takahashi, Toride, JP;
Hideki Fujita, Moriya, JP;
Akihiro Noguchi, Toride, JP;
Mitsuhiro Furukawa, Chofu, JP;
Kosuke Takeuchi, Abiko, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller to control a driving device such that a rotational speed of a supplying and feeding screw when it is rotated a predetermined number of times to supply developer to a developing device in a predetermined amount during execution of a continuous image forming job on a plurality of first recording materials is a first rotational speed, and a rotational speed of the supplying and feeding screw when it is rotated the predetermined number of times to supply the developer in the predetermined amount during execution of a continuous image forming job on a plurality of second recording materials is a second rotational speed slower than the first rotational speed. The second recording materials have a length longer than the first recording materials with respect to a sub-scan direction.