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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Nobuo Sekiguchi, Moriya, JP;
Katsuhide Koga, Moriya, JP;
Kenji Kuroki, Toride, JP;
Jun Nakazato, Toride, JP;
Tomoichiro Ohta, Kashiwa, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Nobuo Sekiguchi, Moriya, JP;
Katsuhide Koga, Moriya, JP;
Kenji Kuroki, Toride, JP;
Jun Nakazato, Toride, JP;
Tomoichiro Ohta, Kashiwa, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fixing device for fixing by heat an image formed on a recording material; a heater for heating the fixing device; a controller for controlling electric power supply to the heater, wherein the apparatus is operable in a stand-by mode in which an electric energy consumption of the heater is reduced, wherein in the stand-by mode, the controller continuously supplies the electric power to the heater.