Patent ID: 8965225
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a sheet accommodating unit configured to accommodate a recording sheet; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording sheet; a pickup roller configured to convey the recording sheet accommodated in the sheet accommodating unit to the image forming unit; a sheet detector configured to detect the recording sheet conveyed from the sheet accommodating unit by the pickup roller; a fixing unit including a heating member configured to heat the recording sheet; a power supply unit configured to supply the heating member with electric power; and a control device configured to: wherein the control device is configured to: wherein the control device is further configured to set the upper limit to a prescribed third value smaller than the second prescribed value when the pickup roller fails to convey the recording sheet from the sheet accommodating unit, consecutively, a predetermined number of times.