Image-forming apparatus, control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable medium

A controller comprising:

• a receiving unit that receives a request of a user for an apparatus that has a fixing function that heats a unfixed image on a recording medium with a fixing unit to fix the same to the recording medium and at least one function that consumes electric power other than the fixing function;
• and
• a controller that controls to reserve execution of the other function by an executing unit that is required to execute the request in the case where an electric power consumption exceeds a prescribed value because a start-up operation of the fixing unit and the execution of the other function by an executing unit are performed in parallel, and the fixing unit is used to execute the request received by the receiving unit during the start-up operation that raises the temperature of the fixing unit to a prescribed target temperature with a prescribed amount of electric power.

A method for controlling an apparatus, the method comprising:

• receiving a request of a user for an apparatus that has a fixing function that heats a unfixed image on a recording medium with a fixing unit to thereby fix the same to the recording medium and at least one function that consumes electric power other than the fixing function;
• and
• controlling to reserve execution of the other function by an executing unit that is required to execute the request in the case where electric power consumption exceeds a prescribed value because a start-up operation of the fixing unit and the execution of the other function by the executing unit are performed in parallel, and the fixing unit is used to execute the received request during the start-up operation that raises the temperature of the fixing unit to a prescribed target temperature with a prescribed amount of electric power.

A computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling an apparatus, the process comprising:

• receiving a request of a user for an apparatus that has a fixing function that heats a unfixed image on a recording medium with a fixing unit to thereby fix the same to the recording medium and at least one function that consumes electric power other than the fixing function;
• and
• controlling to reserve execution of the other function by an executing unit that is required to execute the request in the case where electric power consumption exceeds a prescribed value because a start-up operation of the fixing unit and the execution of the other function by the executing unit are performed in parallel, and the fixing unit is used to execute the received request during the start-up operation that raises the temperature of the fixing unit to a prescribed target temperature with a prescribed amount of electric power.