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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Koichi Honma, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image output apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of quality degradation problem due to fixing failure such as fixing offset at a low cost, by rotating fixing rollers at timing other than that of paper discharge processing. An engine transfers a toner image generated based on image information onto a print sheet, and fixes the transferred toner image to the print sheet by a fixer with fixing rollers. A number of print sheet detector detects whether or not the number of discharged pages has become a predetermined number, and if the number of discharged pages has become the predetermined number, the fixing rollers are rotated for a predetermined period after the completion of page discharge, by an instruction of post rotation instructor.