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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Tadomi, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt, a pressure rotary body, a nip forming member, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to control a sheet interval to be a first sheet interval and a second sheet interval, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where time taken for a center position of the fixing belt to move, in the width direction, from a first position to a second position is equal to or less than a threshold, control the sheet interval to be the first sheet interval, and wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the time taken for the center position of the fixing belt to move, from the first position to the second position is more than the threshold, control the sheet interval to be the second sheet interval.