Image forming apparatus and image formation method that suppress temperature of fixing device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorKentaro TESHIMA
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus for shortening time to printout at time of receiving a print job in a sleep state when an image forming apparatus has an unmounting state of a storage device, such as HDD. A control part notifies printing preparation and a printing process to print engine based on a processing result of an analyzing part. At time of suppressing temperature of fixing device, if received data are analyzed and print data are generated, analyzing part sends a notice of first drawing object being generated to the control part. The control part confirms a connecting state of HDD in response to the notice. If HDD is in an unmounting state, the control part notifies the printing preparation to the print engine.
Claims3
An image forming apparatus having a function that suppresses temperature of a fixing device, comprising:
- an analyzing part that analyzes received data and generate print data;
- a control part that notifies printing preparation and printing process to a print engine based on a processing result by the analyzing part;
- the analyzing part, at time of the function that suppresses the temperature of the fixing device being performed, if the received data are analyzed and the print data are generated, sends a notice of first drawing object being generated to the control part;
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- the control part confirms a connecting state of a storage device in response to the notice, and if the storage device is in an unmounting state, notifies the printing preparation to the print engine.
An image formation method executed by an image forming apparatus having a function that suppresses temperature of a fixing device, comprising the steps of:
- analyzing received data and generating print data;
- notifying printing preparation and a printing process to a print engine based on a processing result by the analyzing part;
- sending, at time of the function that suppresses the temperature of the fixing device being performed, if the received data are analyzed and the print data are generated, a notice of first drawing object being generated;
- confirming a connecting state of a storage device in response to the notice;
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- notifying, if the storage device is in an unmounting state, the printing preparation to the print engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.