Patent ID: 9244399
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording material to the recording material; a timing setting section that sets a timing at which the recording material is fed; an operation mode acquiring section that acquires an operation mode of an option unit installed in the image-forming apparatus; and a power control section that sets an upper limit of power that can be supplied to the fixing section in accordance with the operation mode acquired by the acquiring section, the power control section controlling power supplied to the fixing section within a range of the upper limit power, wherein, when the operation mode acquired by the operation mode acquiring section changes from a second operation mode in which the option unit consumes a large amount of current to a first operation mode in which the option unit consumes a small amount of current, while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials; the power control section increases the upper limit of power to be higher than that in the second operation mode, and the timing setting section sets a feeding interval in the first operation mode, at which the recording materials are consecutively fed, narrower than that in the second operation mode.