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AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorShinji Yamane
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An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a sheet conveying portion, a first airflow generating portion, a setting processing portion, and a first drive processing portion. The fixing portion heats a sheet on which a toner image has been transferred to fix the toner image to the sheet. The sheet conveying portion conveys a sheet along a conveyance path that leads to a sheet discharge port via the fixing portion. The first airflow generating portion includes a first fan and generates an airflow flowing upstream from the fixing portion in a conveyance direction of the sheet. The setting processing portion sets a drive speed of the first fan based on either or both of a sheet size, and a conveyance interval at which the sheet conveying portion conveys the sheet. The first drive processing portion drives the first fan at the drive speed set by the setting processing portion.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
An image forming method executed in an image forming apparatus including a fixing portion configured to heat a sheet on which a toner image has been transferred to fix the toner image to the sheet, a sheet conveying portion configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path that leads to a sheet discharge port via the fixing portion, and a first airflow generating portion that includes a first fan and is configured to generate an airflow flowing upstream from the fixing portion in a conveyance direction in which the sheet conveying portion conveys the sheet, comprising:
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