Image formation device and method for starting image formation device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Ishikura
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Abstract
An image formation device includes a power controller that controls transition to an energy-saving mode to reduce power consumption in a standby state and starts up out of the energy-saving mode and a timer in which a timing schedule that starts up the device out of the energy-saving mode is set. The power controller controls the surface temperature of the fixing roller of the image generator to be a temperature lower than the fixing temperature that enables image formation when the image formation device is started up out of the energy-saving mode according to the timing schedule set in the timer.
Claims18
An image formation device comprising:
- a power controller configured or programmed to control transition to an energy-saving mode to reduce power consumption in a standby state and startup out of the energy-saving mode;
- and
- a timer in which a timing schedule that starts up the image formation device out of the energy-saving mode is set;
- wherein
- the power controller is configured or programmed to control the image formation device to be in a first state when forming an image;
- and
- the power controller is configured or programmed to control the image formation device to be in one of a plurality of second states, including an energy consumption lower than an energy consumption of the first state, when the image formation device is started up out of the energy-saving mode according to the timing schedule set in the timer.
A method for starting an image formation device, the method comprising:
- controlling transition of the image formation device to an energy-saving mode to reduce power consumption in a standby state;
- setting a timer in which a timing schedule that starts up the image formation device out of the energy-saving mode is set;
- controlling the image formation device to be in a first state when forming an image;
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- controlling the image formation device to be in one of a plurality of second states including an energy consumption lower than an energy consumption of the first state, when the image formation device is started up out of the energy-saving mode according to the timing schedule set in the timer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.