Patent ID: 9256151
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to transfer an image to a sheet conveyed from a sheet storage unit and fix the transferred image to the sheet using a fixing unit; a timer unit configured to measure an elapsed time since the sheet is set in the sheet storage unit; a memory unit configured to store a threshold value associated with the elapsed time; and a control unit configured to determine, based on the measured elapsed time measured by the timer unit, whether or not to perform control such that the sheet is heated by the fixing unit before the image is transferred to the sheet, wherein the control is determined to be performed in a case where the measured elapsed time is less than or equal to the stored threshold value, and the control is determined not to be performed in a case where the measured elapsed time exceeds the stored threshold value.