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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Yoshihiro Tsujimura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Tsujimura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprising: a heater heating unit configured to heat a heater at a first temperature or a second temperature lower than the first temperature when waiting for fixation of a formed image; and a heat control unit configured to heat the heater at the first temperature when the estimated amount of power consumption is significant and to control the heater heating unit so as to heat the heater at the second temperature when the estimated amount of power consumption is small on the basis of distribution of the estimated amount of power consumption consumed by the fixation with time for a certain period of time is obtained is provided.