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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a receiving portion to receive an image forming job signal for forming an image on a recording material, an image forming portion to form the image based on the received image forming job signal, and an image heating portion to heat the image, formed on the recording material by the image forming portion, in a nip where the recording material is nipped and fed. An inputting portion inputs a waiting time, and a controller performs an operation in an image forming mode so an image forming operation is not performed until a lapse of the input waiting time from the reception of the image forming job signal, and then the image forming operation is started based on the lapse of the waiting time in a stand-by state in which the image forming apparatus waits for reception of the image forming job signal.