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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Mitsuhiro Ota, Toride, JP;
Shigeo Hata, Toride, JP;
Naohisa Nagata, Moriya, JP;
Takeo Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Daisaku Kamiya, Abiko, JP;
Mitsuhiro Ota, Toride, JP;
Shigeo Hata, Toride, JP;
Naohisa Nagata, Moriya, JP;
Takeo Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Daisaku Kamiya, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming unit which forms an image as a toner image on a printing medium, a first fixing unit which fixes, on the printing medium, the toner image formed by the image forming unit, a second fixing unit arranged at a position different from the first fixing unit and used when a larger amount of heat is necessary for fixing the toner image on the printing medium, and a changing unit which changes the sequence of image formation by the image forming unit when the second fixing unit is used during image formation.