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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
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 apparatus has an image forming device for forming a toner image on a recording material; a plurality of image heating devices for sequentially heating an image on the recording material in one of plural modes; a selecting device for selecting the mode and thus the number of the image heating devices to be used for heating the image; and a manual setting device for manually setting an operating condition of at least one of the image heating devices.