Patent ID: 8867944
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image holding member which holds a toner image thereto: an image transfer section which transfers the toner image onto a sheet medium: a heating section which heats the sheet medium onto which the toner image is transferred; a heat generator which increases temperature of the heating section; a temperature detector which detects the temperature of the heating section; and a controller which controls the heating of the heating section by the heat generator until the temperature detector detects that a temperature at which fusing is possible for an image using a plurality of kind of toner is reached, and provides notification that fusing is possible for an image only using one kind of toner on the basis of the temperature of the heating section detected by the temperature detector while the temperature of the heating section increases; wherein when an image data requested for printing is the image using two or more kinds of toner and the image using the one kind of toner for the Black/White image, the controller controls to start image output corresponding to the Black/White image data, if the temperature detector detects that the temperature of the heating section is a temperature at which the one kind of toner for the Black/White image can be fused.