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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shimpei Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a container unit configured to contain a recording material; an image forming unit configured to perform image formation onto the recording material conveyed from the container unit; a control unit configured to perform a preparatory operation for the image formation at an image forming speed before the image forming unit performs the image formation onto the recording material; and a first detection unit configured to detect a size of the recording material contained in the container unit, wherein the control unit is configured to judge whether to execute the preparatory operation based on the size of the recording material detected by the first detection unit.