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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1992
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus with a sheet supply cassette which can contain a plurality of recording members and can be removably mounted within the image forming apparatus, an image forming device for forming an image on the recording member with toner to form a toner image, fixing rollers having a heater for thermally fixing the toner image on the recording member, remaining amount detecter means for detecting the remaining amount of the recording members in the sheet supply cassette or/and a remaining amount of the toner and generating a detection signal, and energization stopping control for stopping the energization of the heater on the basis of the detection signal.