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US 2011/0085814 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasamichi Akashi
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasamichi Akashi
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An image forming apparatus capable of rapidly cooling a fixing device is provided. A fixing unit of an image forming apparatus (MFP) includes a fixing device for fixing a developer image transferred onto a sheet based on image data, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the fixing device, a heater for raising the temperature thereof, and a cooling device for cooling thereof. A control unit of the MFP acquires sheet information in which information for adjusting the temperature of the fixing device is described, selects a suitable cooling sheet to be used for cooling the fixing device based on the acquired sheet information and the temperature of the fixing device measured by the temperature sensor, and passes the selected cooling sheet through the fixing device to cool the fixing device when the temperature of the fixing device measured by the temperature sensor is higher than a predetermined temperature.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus including an input unit configured to input image data, a transfer unit configured to transfer a developer image corresponding to image data input by the input unit, to a sheet, and a fixing unit configured to fix the developer image transferred by the transfer unit on the sheet, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling an image forming apparatus including an input unit configured to input image data, a transfer unit configured to transfer a developer image corresponding to image data input by the input unit to a sheet, and a fixing unit configured to fix the developer image transferred by the transfer unit on the sheet, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.