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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Shouichi Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Asaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transporting section including a transport path for transporting a recording medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording medium that is transported at the transporting section; a fixing device that fixes the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit while heating the image; and a controller that performs control so that Pw<Pw+Pwis set and so that a forced transporting operation of the transporting section is performed before starting or after ending a preparation operation of the fixing device, where Pwis electric power for the preparation operation including increasing a temperature of the fixing device, Pwis electric power for the forced transporting operation of forcedly transporting the recording medium jammed in the transporting section, and Pw is a specified value of electric power consumption.