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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Takeda, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shinji, Yokohama, JP;
Takanori Mitani, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including: a fixing, onto a recording material, a toner image that is formed in accordance with image data, and constituted of a first image that is formed by a toner of a first color and a second image that is formed by a toner of a second color which is different from the first color, and that is superimposed on the first image; an acquiring a gradation value of the first image and a gradation value of the second image based on the image data; a determining a target temperature and target speed based on the gradation value of the first image and the gradation value of the second image; a controlling power to be supplied to the fixing unit based on the target temperature; and a controlling conveying speed of the recording material based on the target speed.