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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Yasuhiro Hayashi, Moriya, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Yasuhiro Hayashi, Moriya, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system has an image forming device, a first image heating device for heating a toner image at a first nip to maintain a target temperature, a second image heating device for heating a toner image at a second nip to maintain a target temperature, a selecting device for selecting a first image forming mode in which only the first image heating device is used for a image heating process and a second image forming mode in which the first image heating device and the second image heating device are used for the image heating process, and a delaying device for making timing at which the target temperature of the first image heating device is lowered in a stand by state later than a timing at which the target temperature of the second image heating device is lowered in the stand by state.