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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus and method, in which performed are reading an image of an original document, converting a read image to raster data, raising a temperature of a fixing device to a fixing temperature, after raising the temperature of the fixing device, recording an image on the sheet on a sheet and causing the fixing device to fix the developing agent image onto the sheet. When a preview setting is enabled, after performing the converting, the preview image is displayed on the display and the raising is performed after the displaying and in response to an execution instruction of the forming. When the preview setting is not enabled, after performing a pre-heating of the fixing device so that the temperature of the fixing device is lower than the fixing temperature, performing the raising without displaying the preview image.