Patent ID: 9423740
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: (i) an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet; (ii) a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image, formed by said image forming portion, on the sheet by heat and pressure, wherein said fixing portion comprises: (iii) a controller configured to control a feeding operation of the sheet toward said fixing portion when continuous image formation of a plurality of sheets including sheets having a plurality of width sizes is effected, wherein said controller sets a feeding interval of the sheets toward said fixing portion at a first feeding interval, when a number of times of movement per unit time of said magnetic flux suppressing member is estimated to be not more than a predetermined number during the continuous image formation, and wherein said controller sets the feeding interval at a second feeding interval which is longer than the first feeding interval, when the number of times of movement per unit time of said magnetic flux suppressing member is estimated to be more than the predetermined number during the continuous image formation.