Claims
- 1. 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 selection of the first recording material feeding mode and under a second fixing condition, which is different from the first fixing condition, upon selection of the second recording material feed mode, wherein said mode responsive means includes means for setting a pressure between said couple of rollers, the pressure being higher in the second fixing condition than in the first fixing condition.
- 2. 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.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording material is automatically fed in the first recording material feed mode, and the recording material is manually fed from outside of the apparatus in the second recording material feed mode.
- 4. 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.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said image forming means includes a photosensitive image bearing member for bearing thereon the image, means for exposing said image bearing member to a light image corresponding to the image to be formed on the image bearing member, and means for delaying start of the image exposure by said exposing means in the second recording material feed mode as compared with the start in the first recording material feed mode.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the recording material is automatically fed from a recording material feeding cassette under the first feeding condition, and the recording material is manually fed from outside of said apparatus under the second feeding condition.
- 7. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said apparatus further comprising means for automatically bringing said fixing means under a fixing condition which provides heating temperature lower than that of the second heat-fixing condition, after the recording material, fed in the second recording material feed mode is subjected to the image fixing operation by said fixing means placed under the second heat-fixing condition.
- 8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, after image fixing operation under said second heat-fixing condition, the heating temperature of said fixing means is changed to the heating temperature for said first heat-fixing condition.
- 9. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said mode responsive means, when said apparatus is in a stand-by state, the heating temperature of said fixing means is changed to a stand-by temperature which is lower than the heating temperature of said first heat-fixing condition.
- 10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, after image fixing operation under said first heat-fixing condition, the heating temperature of said fixing means is changed from the heating temperature for said first heat-fixing condition to the stand-by temperature for said stand-by condition.
- 11. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein after image fixing operation under said second heat-fixing condition, the heating temperature of said fixing means is changed from the heating temperature for said second heat-fixing condition to the stand-by temperature for said stand-by condition.
- 12. An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, after image fixing operation under said second heat-fixing condition, the heating temperature of said fixing means is changed from the heating temperature for said second heat-fixing condition to the heating temperature for said first heat-fixing condition, and in turn to the stand-by temperature for said stand-by condition.
- 13. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, after image fixing operation under said second heat-fixing condition, the heating temperature of said fixing means is maintained at the heating temperature for said first heat-fixing condition, during the time period which is shorter one of the time to a generation of fixing instructions asnd a predetermined period of time.
- 14. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said image forming means comprises a member for bearing an image to be transferred onto, and be fixed on, recording material, said image bearing member being rotated prior to image formation thereon, wherein the prior rotation of said image bearing member is longer in said second recording material feed mode than in said first recording material feed mode.
- 15. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising detecting means for detecting the recording material fed in the second recording material feed mode, wherein the fixing condition of said fixing means is switched from the first heat-fixing condition to the second heat-fixing condition upon said detecting means detecting the recording material.
- 16. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said fixing means comprises a couple of rollers press-contacted to each other for gripping and advancing the recording material, and heating means for heating the couple of rollers.
Priority Claims (3)
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60-17946 |
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60-26285 |
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60-31797 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 695,807 filed Jan. 28, 1985, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Continuations (1)
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