Patent ID: 11880151
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A printer, comprising:
a human detection sensor configured to detect a person in a predetermined region in the vicinity of the printer;
an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a first sheet in an image forming process;
a fixing unit configured to heat the first sheet to fix the toner image to the first sheet; and
a controller configured to:
begin a cooling process for cooling of the fixing unit when an overheating condition is met after the fixing of the toner image to the first sheet,
permit the image forming unit to form a toner image on a second sheet after the cooling process ends according to a first cooling condition if the human detection sensor detects a person in the predetermined region, and
permit the image forming unit to form a toner image on the second sheet after the cooling process ends according to a second cooling condition if the human detection sensor does not detect a person in the predetermined region, wherein

the cooling process according to the first cooling condition ends in less time than the cooling process according to second cooling condition.