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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Toshiaki Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus which is capable of preventing printing from being performed on a sheet different from a sheet originally intended for printing, after completion of cleaning. The printing apparatus has a fixing device for fixing an image recorded on a sheet fed from a sheet feeder. The printing apparatus feeds a sheet from the sheet feeder and performs cleaning of the fixing device using the fed sheet. After execution of the cleaning of the fixing device, the printing apparatus requests a user to set a sheet to be used for a page to be printed next, in the sheet feeder.
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