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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, fixing unit including a fixing film, a pressure roller, and a heating member that forms a fixing nip portion between itself and the pressure roller, and a driving source that transmits driving force to the developing roller and the pressure roller. Whether recording material is a normal-sized sheet or a small-sized sheet is determined, and in a case of the normal-sized sheet a first mode is executed in which a post-rotation operation is performed following the recording material passing the fixing nip portion, while in a case of the small-sized sheet a second mode is executed in which the post-rotation operation and processing to place in an image forming job-stop state are performed, the driving source is stopped, thereafter the driving source is driven, and thereafter the driving source is stopped.