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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Motofumi Baba, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Horie, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Narushima, Yokohama, JP;
Masafumi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Nakao, Ebina, JP;
Kenji Kuroishi, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Shiraishi, Ebina, JP;
Koichi Azuma, Yokohama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a fixing device that has a fast heating mode and a heat storage mode; and a selection section that selects any one of a case where execution of a job indicating an image forming process of a predetermined batch throughput is instructed, and when the fixing device returns to a normal power state from a power saving state, the fixing mode in which an image forming process is early completed is selected on the basis of a total throughput of the job to perform the image forming process, and a case where during the total throughput of the job is not determined or in a case where the job corresponds to a plurality of sets, the fast heating mode is selected as an initial operation for at least the first set to perform the image forming process.