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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1995
Don-Seon Lee, Kyungki-do, KR;
Seong-Woo Kim, Suwon, KR;
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A power saving method of an image forming apparatus, such as a laser beam printer, warms up the image forming apparatus when a given time period has elapsed after entering a power saving mode for reducing energy consumption, thereby reducing the amount of time in waiting for a printing operation. The power saving method of the present invention includes the steps of: determining whether the image forming apparatus is in the power saving mode, performing a timing operation while the image forming apparatus is in the power saving mode and no print data is input, and warming up the image forming apparatus when a duration of the timing operation exceeds a predetermined time period.
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