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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Takuya Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tsuzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hosokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Narita, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuya Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tsuzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hosokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Narita, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed.