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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Kanazawa, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kentaro Kawata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Takuya Kitamura, Numazu, JP;
Yuji Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0094 (2013.01); G03G 15/5008 (2013.01); G03G 21/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that performs two types of stop operations in which an image bearing member is rotated or is not rotated after forming an image. The control unit selects the stop operation according to operation time of the image bearing member.