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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Ono, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus that fixes a toner image on a sheet includes each of fans configured to respectively cool areas adjacent to a longitudinal center and longitudinal both ends of a pressure roller, and in a case where fixing processing is performed on thin paper of a maximum width size, includes a first mode in which the fixing processing is started after the fan configured to cool the area adjacent to the longitudinal center of the pressure roller is actuated for a predetermined time and a second mode in which the fixing processing is started after the fan configured to cool the area adjacent to the longitudinal both ends of the pressure roller is actuated for a predetermined time.