Image forming apparatus and method for fixing toner image to recording material
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAKIHIRO MAEDA, SHIGEAKI TAKADA, RYO YASHIRO, RYOSUKE HATTORI
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAKIHIRO MAEDA, SHIGEAKI TAKADA, RYO YASHIRO, RYOSUKE HATTORI
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An image forming apparatus including a fixing device configured to fix a toner image formed on a recording material to the recording material, the image forming apparatus includes an endless rotatable belt, a pressure rotary member, a nip portion forming member, an internal heating roller, an external heating roller, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, a first cleaning unit configured to clean the outer peripheral surface of the belt, and a control unit configured to execute a cleaning mode in which toner adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the belt is removed after a jam. The control unit is configured to rotate the belt and cause the first cleaning unit to clean the outer peripheral surface of the belt in a state in which the temperature of the external heating roller is higher than the temperature of the internal heating roller in the cleaning mode.
An image forming apparatus including a fixing device configured to fix a toner image to a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming apparatus including a fixing device configured to fix a toner image to a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
A method for fixing, by a fixing device of an image forming apparatus, a toner image to a recording material, the image forming apparatus including a belt, a rotary member configured to pressurize the belt from an outer side of the belt, a nip portion forming member disposed on an inner side of the belt and configured to sandwich the belt with the rotary member, an internal heating roller disposed on the inner side of the belt and configured to heat the belt, an external heating roller configured to contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt and heat the belt, a first cleaning unit configured to clean the outer peripheral surface of the belt, and a second cleaning unit configured to clean an outer peripheral surface of the external heating roller by a method different from a method used by the first cleaning unit, the method comprising:
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