Recording apparatus having material feed mode dependent fixing control

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a couple of rollers for fixing an image to be recorded on a recording material selectively under a first fixing condition or a second fixing condition;
• means defining first and second recording material inlets, wherein the first recording material inlet and the second material inlet are located at different positions;
• means for feeding the recording material between said couple of rollers selectively in a first recording material feed mode or a second recording material feed mode wherein the recording material is fed from said first inlet in the first recording material feed mode and from said second inlet in the second recording material feed mode;
• means, responsive to the change of the recording material feed modes, for bringing said couple of rollers under the first fixing condition upon the first recording material feeding mode and under a second fixing condition, which is different from the first fixing condition, upon the second recording material feed mode, wherein said mode responsive means include means for setting a speed, at which the recording material passes between said couple of rollers, the speed being lower in the second fixing condition than in the first fixing condition.

A recording apparatus comprising:

• heat fixing means;
• means for forming an image on a recording material;
• means defining first and second recording material inlets, wherein first recording material inlet and second recording material inlet are located at different positions;
• means for feeding the recording material selectively in a first recording material feed mode or in a second recording material feed mode which is different from the first recording material feed mode, wherein the recording material is fed from said first inlet in the first recording material feed mode and from said second inlet in the second recording material feed mode;
• means, responsive to the recording material feed modes, for bringing said fixing means under a first heat-fixing condition upon selection of the first recording material feed mode and bringing said fixing means, upon selection of the second recording material feed mode, under a second heat fixing condition, in which a heating temperature of said fixing means is higher than in the first heat-fixing condition;
• means for once stopping the recording material fed from said inlet and refeeding said recording material after a time period from the stopping, which is longer in said second recording material feed mode than in said first recording material feed mode;
• wherein said feeding means, when in the first recording material feed mode, feeds the recording material to said fixing means, placed under the first heat-fixing condition, under a first recording material feeding condition corresponding to the first recording material feed mode, and said feeding means, when in the second recording material feed mode, feeds the recording material to said fixing means, placed under the second heat-fixing condition, under a second feeding condition corresponding to the second recording material feed mode.