Patent ID: 11947291
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a wireless tag communication device configured to communicate with a wireless tag;
a fixing device configured to fix a toner image on a sheet; and
a processor configured to:
upon receipt of a print job for forming a toner image on a sheet having a wireless tag attached thereto, control the communication device to read from the wireless tag attached to the sheet a first fixing temperature that has previously been used,
determine from the print job a ratio of a total area of toner of the toner image to be formed on the sheet to an entire area of the sheet,
determine a second fixing temperature to be used by the fixing device based on the determined ratio, the second fixing temperature being lower than or equal to the first fixing temperature, and
execute the print job by controlling the fixing device to fix the toner image on the sheet at the second fixing temperature.