US 10,630,855 B2 · Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus and a control method of an image forming apparatus which offers high convenience are described. An image forming section forms a toner image in a print medium, and fixes the toner image by a heated fixing device. A power circuit supplies power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device. A communication interface receives a facsimile call signal and a facsimile image signal. A system controller controls the image forming section and the power circuit such that, when the facsimile call signal and the facsimile image signal are received, the image forming section and the power circuit are controlled to form an image by the image forming section on the basis of the facsimile image signal and, when the facsimile call signal is received and the facsimile image signal is not received, the power circuit supplies power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

an image forming section configured to form a toner image in a print medium and fix the toner image by a heated fixing device;
a power circuit configured to supply power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device;
a communication interface configured to receive a facsimile call signal and a facsimile image signal;
and
a system controller configured to control the image forming section and the power circuit such that, when the facsimile call signal and the facsimile image signal are received, the image forming section and the power circuit are controlled to form an image by the image forming section on the basis of the facsimile image signal,
when the facsimile call signal is received and the facsimile image signal is not received, the power circuit is controlled to supply power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device,
when the facsimile call signal is received, and the facsimile image signal is not received, the system controller is configured to stand by for a predetermined time until the facsimile image signal is received.

4 more elements

A control method of an image forming apparatus, where the image forming apparatus includes an image forming section configured to form a toner image in a print medium and fix the toner image by a heated fixing device, a power circuit configured to supply power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device, a communication interface configured to receive a facsimile call signal and a facsimile image signal, and a system controller, wherein the control method comprises:

controlling the image forming section and the power circuit such that, when the facsimile call signal and the facsimile image signal are received, the image forming section and the power circuit are controlled to form an image by the image forming section on the basis of the facsimile image signal,
when the facsimile call signal is received and the facsimile image signal is not received, controlling the power circuit to supply power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device,
when the facsimile call signal is received, the facsimile call signal being based on a signal from an extension, and the facsimile image signal is not received, controlling the image forming section and the power circuit such that the power circuit supplies power to the image forming section, and heating the fixing device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus

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Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus

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