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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shinji, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Kanagawas, JP;
Isamu Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Mitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an acquiring portion configured to acquire image information and operation information of the image forming apparatus; an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material; a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image to the recording material by heating the recording material on which the toner image is formed; and a control portion configured to, when the acquiring portion acquires image information corresponding to a first page and fails to acquire image information corresponding to a second page following the first page, set a temperature of the fixing portion for fixing the first page as a first temperature based on the image information corresponding to the first page and the operation information, and set the temperature of the fixing portion for fixing the second page as a second temperature based on the operation information.