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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Omata, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a heater including first and second heating members, the first heating member is longer than the second heating member in a widthwise direction. The image forming apparatus performs image formation on a first recording material shorter than the second heating member and a second recording material shorter than the first heating member and longer than the second heating member. In a case that first and second sheets are the first recording material, an electric power supplied to the first heating member is a first electric power while the first sheet passes through a nip, and in a case that the first sheet is the first recording material and the second sheet is the second recording material, the electric power is a second electric power smaller than the first electric power while the first sheet passes through the nip.