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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Yukihiro Saida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yukihiro Saida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a plurality of image forming units (R–R) for forming toner images, a fixing unit () for fixing the tone image to a medium, and a temperature control unit () for determining if each image forming unit is set and changing the set temperature of the fixing unit based on the determination. If a predetermined image forming unit is not used, a temperature can be set for the fixing unit so that the warming-up time can be shortened in the stand-by state. As a result, the image forming speed and through-put can be improved.