Patent ID: 6035155
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:unfixed image forming means for forming an unfixed image onto a recording material in accordance with a start of an image formation;a heater in which a heat generating material which generates heat by an energization is provided on a substrate;the unfixed image formed by said unfixed image forming means being heated and fixed onto the recording material by heat from said heater; andpower supplying means for supplying an electric power to said heater in a first mode with a first maximum power in accordance with the start of the image formation and, subsequently, for supplying an electric power to said heater in a second mode with a second maximum power,wherein said first maximum power is smaller than said second maximum power, when a predetermined time elapses from the start of the energization in accordance with the start of the image formation, an operating mode is changed from said first mode to said second mode.