Patent ID: 9164440
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an operation unit configured to receive an instruction for an image forming operation; an image forming unit configured to store a non-erasable toner and an erasable toner, and form an image on a recording medium using any one of the non-erasable toner and the erasable toner when the instruction for the image forming operation is received by the operation unit; a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed by the image forming unit on the recording medium at a fixing temperature and wait at a standby temperature after the apparatus is powered on and before the instruction for the image forming operation is received by the operation unit; and a control unit configured to set the fixing temperature to a first temperature when the image of the non-erasable toner is fixed, set the fixing temperature to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature when the image of the erasable toner is fixed, and set the standby temperature to a third temperature that is lower than the second temperature and higher than the room temperature, until the instruction for the image forming operation is received by the operation unit after the apparatus is powered on.