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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1995
Filed:
May. 16, 1994
Akihiro Takada, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Fukano, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Kagawa, Osaka, JP;
Koji Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Kageyama, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming device for forming a toner image corresponding to an image of an original document at a set operative copying magnification, a transfer device for transferring the toner image onto a copy item, a fixing device for fixing the toner image on the copy item under heat, a memory for storing correction values for a plurality of types of copy item usable in the image forming apparatus respectively, the correction value being adapted for correcting a change in length of a copy item due to the heat of the fixing device, a judge device for judging what type the present copy item is of, and a magnification setting device for setting an operative copying magnification to correct a shrink of the present copy item due to the fixing heat.