Patent ID: 9482997
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G03G,G06K

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording material accommodating portion configured to accommodate a recording material; an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on the recording material fed from said recording material accommodating portion; a fixing portion configured to heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording material by said image forming portion; a storing portion configured to store information corresponding to a type of the recording material accommodated in said recording material accommodating portion; a detecting portion configured to detect that an operator exists in a predetermined zone in a neighborhood of said image forming apparatus; and an executing portion configured to execute a start-up process of said fixing portion, when said detecting portion detects the existence of the operator before said image forming apparatus receives an image formation instruction, over a time depending on the information stored in said storing portion.