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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2085 (2013.01); G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 15/2075 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00531 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2032 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming device configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device configured to fix the toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming device at a nip; an executing portion configured to execute an operation in a cleaning mode for cleaning the fixing device by forming a predetermined toner image on a sheet using the image forming device and then by introducing the sheet into the nip; and a notifying device for notifying an operator that a maximum-width sheet usable in the image forming device is to be used in the operation in the cleaning mode.