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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Nyun-kang Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soo-young Jung, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Nyun-kang Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soo-young Jung, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with: a fusing unit which fuses an image transferred to a printing medium; a power supply which supplies power to the fusing unit; a switching unit which switches the power supplied to the fusing unit; and a controller which controls the switching unit to prevent the power from being supplied to the fusing unit in at least a section during initialization of the image forming apparatus.