Patent ID: 6385412
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus provided with an operation section with which a user enters designations, and an image formation section for forming an image on an image formation medium, said image forming apparatus comprising:a memory to store a first period of time and a second period of time, said first period of time being defined between a point of time when a standby state, where the image formation section is ready to form an image is switched on and a point of time when an event is started, said second period of time being defined between the point of time when the standby state is switched on and the start of an advance notice of the execution of the event; a timer to measure a length of time starting from the point of time when the standby state is switched on; a display device to display a period of time left before the start of the event, when the length of time measured by the timer indicates the elapse of the second period of time and to keep operating until the event is started; and a control section to reset the period of time measured by the timer, with the standby state maintained, when a designation is entered from the operation section in the state where the display device is displaying the period of time left before the start of the event, and to start the event when the first period of time has elapsed without no designation being entered from the operation section.