Patent ID: 8693900

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: a carrying part that carries a continuous length of a recording medium as the recording medium in a roll is unrolled; an image forming part that forms a development image on the recording medium carried by the carrying part; a fuser that thermally fixes the development image formed on the recording medium; a fusion temperature controller that controls a temperature of the fuser in accordance with the carrying of the recording medium by the carrying part; a winding part that winds the recording medium on which the development image is thermally fixed; a measurement part that measures a stop time, during which the carrying part stops the carrying of the recording medium; a storage part that stores the stop time for the recording medium as operation time for attaching a front end of the recording medium onto the winding part; a controller that stops the carrying of the recording medium by the carrying part and heating by the fusion temperature controller, after the carrying part carries the recording medium by a predetermined length while the fusion temperature controller heats the fuser, when printing is started in a state where the recording medium is not wound on the winding part, and that resumes the carrying of the recording medium by the carrying part and the heating by the fusion temperature controller upon detection that the time measured by the measurement part has reached the stop time for the recording medium stored in the storage part; and a temperature detector that detects the temperature of the fuser and that notifies the controller of the detected temperature, wherein the image forming part starts forming the development image when the controller determines that the temperature of the fuser detected by the temperature detector is within a printable temperature range after the carrying of the recording medium by the carrying part and the heating by the fusion temperature controller are resumed.