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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Ishikura, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G03G 15/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image formation device includes a power controller that controls transition to an energy-saving mode to reduce power consumption in a standby state and starts up out of the energy-saving mode and a timer in which a timing schedule that starts up the device out of the energy-saving mode is set. The power controller controls the surface temperature of the fixing roller of the image generator to be a temperature lower than the fixing temperature that enables image formation when the image formation device is started up out of the energy-saving mode according to the timing schedule set in the timer.