Patent ID: 8699897
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that can enter a first state, and a second state in which power consumption is smaller than in the first state, comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing unit configured to fix the image on the sheet; a detection unit configured to detect internal temperature of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to control, in a case where it is detected by said detection unit that the internal temperature of the image forming apparatus has become equal to or higher than a first temperature during execution of image forming by said image forming unit, said image forming unit to stop an operation of image forming executed by said image forming unit and to control heating of the fixing unit to be stopped; wherein the control unit is configured to control, in a case where it is detected by said detection unit that the internal temperature of the image forming apparatus has become equal to or lower than a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature, heating of the fixing unit to be resumed, and then control, in a case where it is detected by said detection unit that the internal temperature of the image forming apparatus has become equal to or lower than a third temperature which is lower than the second temperature, said image forming unit to resume the operation of image forming.