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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Hisaaki Kawano, Chigasaki, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on paper has a controller for changing paper feed intervals of a feeding device based on a mode set by a setting device. The controller may stop the feeding of the paper by the feeding device based on a temperature at an end portion of the fixing device detected by a temperature detector. The controller may control the paper feed intervals in such a manner that the paper feed intervals are small for a paper having a width greater than a threshold, large for a paper having a width; equal to or less than the threshold with no designation of a high using frequency, and small for a paper having a width equal to or less than the threshold with a designation of a high using frequency.