Patent ID: 7136602
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixer which executes fixing processing; a control panel to set an image forming operation; a timer which measures time; a control unit which, if in a standby state in which said fixer is set to a first fixing temperature, no operation is executed for said control panel before the time measured by said timer reaches a predetermined time, sets a second fixing temperature lower than the first fixing temperature, and if an operation is executed for said control panel since then, sets a third fixing temperature higher than the first fixing temperature; an automatic paper feed/discharge mechanism which feeds and discharges an original; and an original table to place an original, wherein if in the standby state in which said fixer is set to the first fixing temperature, none of an operation for said control panel, an operation for said automatic paper feed/discharge mechanism, and an operation of placing an original on said original table is executed before the time measured by said timer reaches the predetermined time, said control unit sets the second fixing temperature lower than the first fixing temperature, and if one of the operation for said control panel, the operation for said automatic paper feed/discharge mechanism, and the operation of placing an original on said original table is executed since then, said control unit sets the third fixing temperature higher than the first fixing temperature.