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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Yasuhiro Maruyama, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2042 (2013.01); G03G 15/2046 (2013.01); G03G 15/6588 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00734 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00772 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to identify a selected sheet size setting as defined by a dimension in the width direction and a dimension in the conveyance direction, set a cooling threshold at a first threshold if the selected sheet size setting is a first size having a dimension in the width direction larger than a predetermined dimension, and a dimension in the conveyance direction larger than the dimension in the width direction, and set the cooling threshold at a second threshold lower than the first threshold if the selected sheet size setting is a second size having a dimension in the width direction that is the same as the dimension in the width direction of the first size, and a dimension in the conveyance direction smaller than the dimension in the width direction.


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