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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller is configured to control a drive unit and a heating element to execute a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode in which the sheet is conveyed through a predetermined conveyance section in a duplex image formation by taking a first time length. The second mode is a mode in which the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance section in the duplex image formation by taking a second time length longer than the first time length. In the second mode, the controller is configured to execute a temperature decrease processing and thereafter execute a temperature increase processing in a period in which the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance section.