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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2002
Mahito Yoshioka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoji Tomoyuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Nakagawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hikaru Osada, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus has an image bearing member for transferring an image from the image bearing member to a recording material, a fixing device for fixing an image onto the recording material, the fixing device having a heating member and back-up roller for forming a nip in cooperation with the heating member. In the image forming apparatus, a normal mode for a case in which the recording material is paper and a resin sheet mode for a case in which the recording material is resin, and wherein when the resin sheet mode is selected a voltage applied to said transfer member is lower than that of the case in which the normal mode is selected so that an absolute value of a front surface potential of the resin sheet becomes small.