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

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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 control unit 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 a person is determined to be positioned in a predetermined region in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus, 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 a person is determined not to be positioned in the predetermined region in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus, wherein

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