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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Shigeki Akiyama, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kenichi Iesaki, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kohei Terada, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoaki Hazeyama, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shigeki Akiyama, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kenichi Iesaki, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kohei Terada, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoaki Hazeyama, Yokkaichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming mechanism including a motor, and an image forming unit which operates by the motor to form an image on a recording sheet; a registration unit which registers a job; a control unit which controls the image forming mechanism to form an image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on a recording sheet; a number obtaining unit which obtains the number of recording sheets required for the job registered through the registration unit; and a setting unit which sets a rotation speed of the motor according to the number of recording sheets obtained by the number obtaining unit. The control unit controls the image forming mechanism to form the image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on the recording sheet by rotating the motor at the rotation speed set by the setting unit.