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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyoharu Kakomura, Chiba, JP;
Takuya Machida, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2005.12); G03G 15/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5029 (2012.12); G03G 15/2039 (2012.12); G03G 15/6541 (2012.12); G03G 2215/00481 (2012.12); G03G 2215/00742 (2012.12); G03G 2215/00822 (2012.12);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit that fixes a toner image on a recording material includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire grammage information about the recording material, and a temperature control unit configured to control a temperature of a heating rotary member of the fixing unit based on the grammage information. The temperature control unit changes the temperature control of the heating rotary member depending on the acquired grammage information about a predetermined number of recording materials within a predetermined time.