Image-forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuya Konno
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Abstract
An image-forming apparatus is provided which enables more productive image formation. When an option unit implements a change from a second operation mode that exhibits high power consumption to a first operation mode that exhibits low power consumption while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials, an upper limit on power that can be supplied to a fixing section is set higher than that in the second operation mode, and intervals, at which recording materials are consecutively fed, are set narrower than those in the second operation mode.
Claims7
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording material to the recording material;
- and
- a timing setting section that sets a timing at which the recording material is fed,
- wherein when a state of a current consumption of the apparatus is changed from a second state of largely consumed consumption to a first state in which the current consumption is smaller than that in the second state while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials, and
- wherein the timing setting section sets a feeding interval in the first state, at which the recording materials are consecutively fed, narrower than that in the second state.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording material to the recording material;
- a timing setting section that sets a timing at which the recording material is fed;
- and
- a power control section that controls power supplied to the fixing section within a range of a upper limit of power that can be supplied to the fixing section,
- wherein when a state of the fixing section is changed from a second state in which the fixing section requires power larger than the upper limit to a first state in which the fixing section requires power smaller than the upper limit while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials, and
- wherein the timing setting section sets a feeding interval in the first state, at which the recording materials are consecutively fed, narrower than that in the second state.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording material to the recording material;
- and
- a feeding interval setting section that sets a feeding interval of recording materials,
- wherein when a state of a current consumption of the apparatus is changed from a second state of largely consumed consumption to a first state in which the current consumption is smaller than that in the second state while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials,
- wherein the feeding interval setting section sets the feeding interval in the first state, at which the recording materials are consecutively fed, narrower than that in the second state.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording material to the recording material;
- a feeding interval setting section that sets a feeding interval of recording materials, and
- a power control section that controls power supplied to the fixing section within a range of a upper limit of power that can be supplied to the fixing section,
- wherein when a state of the fixing section is changed from a second state in which the fixing section requires power larger than the upper limit to a first state in which the fixing section requires power smaller than the upper limit while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials, and
- wherein the feeding interval setting section sets the feeding interval in the first state, at which the recording materials are consecutively fed, narrower than that in the second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.