Fuser power reduction controller

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a photoreceptor adapted to print a print image by applying toner to print media;
• a fuser adapted to apply heat and pressure on the toner on the print media to fuse the toner to the print media;
• and
• a controller adapted to:
• determine an amount of toner per unit area of the print image before rasterization of the print image by lowering resolution of the print image to a reduced resolution image and determining the amount of toner per unit area based on image pixels of the reduced resolution image;
• rasterize the print image to produce a bitmap of the print image after determining the amount of toner per unit area;
• adjust an operating temperature of the fuser to a fusing temperature based on the amount of toner per unit area of the print image;
• cause the photoreceptor to print the print image on the print media using the bitmap of the print image;
• and
• cause the fuser to fuse the toner to the print media at the fusing temperature.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a photoreceptor adapted to print a print image by applying toner to print media;
• a fuser adapted to apply heat and pressure on the toner on the print media to fuse the toner to the print media;
• and
• a controller adapted to:
• determine an amount of toner per unit area of the print image before rasterization of the print image by lowering resolution of the print image to a reduced resolution image and using image pixels of the reduced resolution image;
• rasterize the print image to produce a bitmap of the print image after determining the amount of toner per unit area;
• adjust an operating temperature of the fuser to a fusing temperature based on the amount of toner per unit area of the print image;
• cause the photoreceptor to print the print image on the print media using the bitmap of the print image;
• and
• cause the fuser to fuse the toner to the print media at the fusing temperature.