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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Noriyuki Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyuki Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If, in a standby state, no operation is executed for a control panel () or ADF () before the elapse of a predetermined time measured by a timer (), the set temperature of a fixer () is reduced. After that, if an operation of for the control panel () or ADF () is executed, the set temperature of the fixer () is raised. The set temperature at this time is higher than the fixing temperature in the normal standby state. When the set temperature of the fixer () is set to be higher than that in the normal standby state to temporarily increase the heat amount of the fixer (), the heat amount is hardly absorbed by transfer paper sheets at the time of copy. In addition, since the fixing power increases, the time until a fixing set temperature is obtained can be shortened. Accordingly, power consumption can be reduced without any decrease in operability, productivity, and copy quality.