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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Momiyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an excess period, which is period in which the total of the power predicted by a power predicting unit and power stored by a power storing unit exceeds a predetermined power, exists during continuous feeding, the power supply to a plurality of heating elements by an power control unit is adjusted so that the total of the power supplied to the plurality of heating elements and power stored by the power storing unit does not exceed the predetermined power at least during the excess period, and, after the excess period, the transport interval is adjusted so that the temperature rising to a target temperature of the plurality of heating regions by supplying power in which the adjustment is cancelled is completed before the arrival of the recording material to the fixing portion.