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US 2002/0054770 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEiichiro Kimizuka
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Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of detecting an outside air temperature with high precision, which is capable of controlling the setting of an image forming condition to improve an image quality. A suction fan 10 and a thermistor 14 in the vicinity of an outside air (outside air intake) are disposed, and an enforced convection due to the fan 10 is utilized to detect the outside air temperature with high precision (high accuracy and high response), thereby being capable of obtaining that information.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming means for forming an image on a recording material;
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- a temperature sensor that detects a temperature;
- wherein a condition of said image forming means is controlled on the basis of an output from said temperature sensor;
- an outside air take-in means for taking in and supplying outside air to the apparatus through an intake;
- wherein said temperature sensor is disposed in the vicinity of said intake.
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