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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Toshiharu Kawai, Mishima, JP;
Toshiharu Kawai, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a toner image larger than a recording material is formed on an image bearing member, and the toner image is transferred onto the recording material as widely as possible to form an image without margins, a toner in a vicinity of an end portion of the recording material adheres to the recording material while remaining unfixed. In order to suppress the adhesion of the toner to the end portion of the recording material, the recording material is passed through a cleaning unit for the end portion of the recording material after fixation. In the cleaning unit, the recording material is sent askew. By being conveyed while an edge of the end portion of the recording material is rubbed against a cleaning member, the recording material becomes less subject to the adhesion of the toner at the end portion thereof.