Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanaka Mizuno
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a fixing member that fixes a toner image to the recording medium. A heating unit heats the fixing member. A control unit receives a print job, the print job indicating a print mode and at least one job condition. The control unit determines a ready temperature based on the print mode and the at least one job condition. The control unit controls a heating operation of the heating unit based on the determined ready temperature.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing member configured to fix a toner image to the recording medium;
- a heating unit configured to heat the fixing member;
- an input unit configured to receive a print job, the print job indicating a print mode and at least one job condition;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- control the image forming apparatus in a sleep state and in a ready state,
- if the input unit receives the print job when the image forming apparatus is in the sleep state, determine a ready temperature based on the print mode and the at least one job condition indicated in the print job, and
- control a heating operation of the heating unit based on the determined ready temperature to change the image forming apparatus from the sleep state to the ready state.
An image forming method comprising:
- receiving a print job in an image forming apparatus, the print job indicating a print mode and at least one job condition;
- controlling the image forming apparatus in a sleep state and a ready state;
- when the print job is received in the sleep state, determining a ready temperature of a fixing member of the image forming apparatus based on the print mode and the at least one job condition indicated in the print job;
- and
- controlling a heating operation of the fixing member based on the determined ready temperature to change the image forming apparatus from the sleep state to the ready state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.