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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of obtaining an image of a desired quality by a simple method is provided with an image forming device for forming a toner image on a recording material, a plurality of pairs of fixing rollers provided to fix the toner image, a glossiness detecting sensor for detecting the state of the image on the recording material on which the toner image has been fixed, and a controller for controlling the fixing conditions of the plurality of pairs of fixing rollers, and has a first image check mode for fixing the toner image by one pair of fixing rollers of the plurality of pairs of fixing rollers, and a second image check mode for fixing the toner image by the plurality of pairs of fixing rollers, and the controller selects whether the second image check mode should be executed, on the basis of the result of the glossiness detecting sensor having detected the state of the image on the recording material on which the formed image has been fixed by the first image check mode.