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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mahito Yoshioka, Numazu, JP;
Satoru Izawa, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masahide Hirai, Numazu, JP;
Munehito Kurata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit having a heating member, a temperature detector, an acquisition unit, and a controller. When image formation is consecutively performed, and the acquisition unit acquires a first density, which is the density information of the image formed on a k-th recording material, and a second, higher density, which is the density information of the image formed on an l-th recording material, while the image is being fixed on the k-th recording material, the controller controls the power so that the detection temperature becomes a temperature higher than a fixing temperature according to the first density, and lower than a fixing temperature according to the second density. While the image is being fixed on the l-th recording material, the controller controls the power so that the detection temperature becomes the fixing temperature according to the second density.