Patent ID: 9182711
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet; a toner container configured to contain toner therein; a toner-image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying unit using the toner contained in the toner container; a heating unit configured to generate heat for thermally fixing the toner image to the sheet; and a processor configured to perform a first fixing process wherein the processor controls the heating unit to start generating heat in a first mode, and perform a second fixing process wherein the processor switches the first mode to a second mode at a switch timing ahead of an estimated end timing at which thermal fixing of toner images to all sheets to be consecutively printed is completed, a heat amount per unit time generated by the heating unit in the second mode being smaller than a heat amount per unit time generated by the heating unit in the first mode, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: