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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming system including an apparatus main-body and a control portion which controls a fixing operation, to the apparatus main-body, a first fixing unit including a first heater and a second fixing unit including a second heater, which is different from the first heater, can be selectively attached, and each of the first and second fixing units has an information processing portion which transmits data including identification information and temperature information related to a temperature detected by a temperature detection element to the control portion, and the control portion discriminates which of the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit, the fixing unit attached to the apparatus main-body is on the basis of the identification information from the information processing portion and controls the fixing operation by the fixing unit on the basis of the temperature information.