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

Claim 15:
16. A control method for an image forming apparatus, the control method comprising:
starting a cooling process for cooling a fixing unit of the apparatus if an overheating condition representing a possibility that a temperature of a part or an entirety of the fixing unit is too high has been satisfied after the printing of a first sheet;
permitting an image forming unit of the apparatus to execute an image forming process on a second sheet after a first cooling condition for the cooling process is satisfied if a person is determined to be positioned in a predetermined region in the vicinity of the apparatus; and
permitting the image forming unit of the apparatus to execute the image forming process on the second sheet after a second cooling condition for the cooling process is satisfied if a person is not determined to be in the predetermined region in the vicinity of the apparatus, wherein
the cooling process according to the first cooling condition ends in less time than the cooling process according to second cooling condition.