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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Nakabayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a heating member configured to heat the sheet for fixing the image onto the sheet, a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of a predetermined position of the heating member, a controller configured to control the heating member, a heating region control unit configured to control the heated region of the heating member, wherein the heating region control unit controls a first and a second heated region, wherein the first heated region includes the predetermined position, and wherein the second heated region in the width direction includes the first heated region and an outer heated region outside the first heated region, and a cooling unit configured to cool the heated region, wherein if the heating region control unit changes the heated region from the first heated region to the second heated region, the cooling unit cools the predetermined position.