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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion including a fixing nip for fixing a toner image on a sheet. A controller executes image formation on a first sheet and a second sheet of which size in a widthwise direction is larger than that of the first sheet. The controller changes a time from when a trailing end of the sheet has passed through the fixing nip until when a following sheet reaches the fixing nip. When a width of the toner image to be formed on the sheet in the widthwise direction is defined as an image area width, the controller controls so that the time when the width of the first sheet is equal to or longer than the image area width of the second sheet is shorter than the time when the width of the first sheet is shorter than the image area width.
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