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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takahiro Sasai, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
A warm-up completion temperature (temp,) of an electro-photographic type printer is set to be lower than a stand-by temperature (temp,). When a temperature detector detects that a temperature of a fuser reaches the warm-up completion temperature, then a controller ends the warm-up operation. The warm-up time between the turning on of power and the completion of the machine's warm-up operation is thus reduced. An amount of power required for the warm-up operation is also reduced.