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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Taizo Nozawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yukio Futamata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Noboru Furuyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Satoshi Itaya, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Katakura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Setsuo Takada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Taizo Nozawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yukio Futamata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Noboru Furuyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Satoshi Itaya, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Katakura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Setsuo Takada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An embodiment provides an image forming apparatus including: a job acquiring unit that acquires an image forming job that gives instructions for performing forming of an image; an image forming process control unit that controls performance of the image forming job that the job acquiring unit acquires; a temperature information acquiring unit that acquires information showing temperature of the heating rotary body; a determining unit that determines whether the temperature of the heating rotary body which is acquired by the temperature information acquiring unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined stand-by temperature set as a temperature in a stand-by state that stands by to perform the image forming process, when the image forming process is completed, based on the image forming job by the image forming process control unit; and a fixing device control unit.