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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Reiji Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Reiji Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a paper-type detecting unit includes a paper-type detecting unit that detects a paper type of a sheet to be printed, a fixing unit that sets fixing temperature on the basis of the paper type detected by the paper-type detecting unit and fixes a toner image on the sheet, a paper-type-detection-failure determining unit that determines that the paper-type detecting unit is in failure, a paper-type-during-failure setting unit that sets in advance a paper type having a high frequency of use as a paper type during a failure according to a region, and a printing-during-failure selecting unit which is selectably provided, when the paper-type-detection-failure determining unit determines that the paper-type detecting unit is in failure, whether a printing condition for the paper type set by the paper-type-during-failure setting unit is set or it is determined that the paper type is a paper type of a sheet printed immediately before the failure and a printing condition is continued.