IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND UNIT REMOVABLY INSTALLED IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller which sets fixing conditions in a fixing unit in accordance with the type of printing medium sensed by a sensor. An intermediate transfer member and sensor are configured as an intermediate transfer member unit. The intermediate transfer member unit is removably installed in the main body of the image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member unit has a storage unit which stores information used to determine the type printing medium by the sensor.
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26 Claims
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18. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image forming portion which forms an image on a recording material; an image bearing member which bears said image; a sensor which senses a type of the recording material onto which the image borne on said image bearing member is to be transferred; a storage portion which stores information used to determine a type of the recording material; and a control portion which controls an image forming condition of said image forming apparatus based on the sensed result, wherein said image bearing member, said sensor and said storage portion are detachable as a single unit from said image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A unit removably installed an image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image bearing member which bears an image; a sensor which senses a type of recording material onto which the image borne on said image bearing member is to be transferred; and a storage portion which stores information used to determine a type of the recording material. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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