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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Nakama, Nagareyama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control portion that performs a double-side image forming mode after performing a single-side image forming mode on a predetermined number of sheets in a state in which a heating unit is not attached to a sheet storage portion. The control portion sets an arrival timing of a first sheet to a transfer portion in the double-side image forming mode to be later than an arrival timing of a first sheet to the transfer portion in the double-side image forming mode in a case the control portion performs the double-side image forming mode after performing the single-side image forming mode on the predetermined number of sheets in a state in which the heating unit is attached to the sheet storage portion.