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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Shoichiro Ikegami, Yokohama, JP;
Tohru Saito, Mishima, JP;
Shinji Hashiguchi, Mishima, JP;
Masato Sako, Suntou-gun, JP;
Takehiko Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Asami, Susono, JP;
Shoichiro Ikegami, Yokohama, JP;
Tohru Saito, Mishima, JP;
Shinji Hashiguchi, Mishima, JP;
Masato Sako, Suntou-gun, JP;
Takehiko Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Asami, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In the image forming apparatus, throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number. For printing on small size sheets, the system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode and in a high speed small size sheet output mode, in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than that in the normal small size sheet mode and, after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period. The host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by the mode selector to the image forming apparatus.