Patent ID: 7203441

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an input portion to input data; an image forming portion configured to form a latent image on an image carrying member by irradiating a laser beam corresponding to the data inputted via the input portion onto a reflecting member rotatably driven by a motor and irradiating light reflected by the reflecting member onto the image carrying member, and also configured to enable a pre-rotation of the reflecting member by driving the motor prior to irradiation of the laser beam; and a control portion configured to initiate a pre-rotation of the reflecting member when a first apparatus function which uses the image forming portion for the data inputted from the input portion is selected, and configured to prohibit the pre-rotation of the reflecting member when a second apparatus function to store the data inputted from the input portion in a storing medium or to transmit the data to an external terminal apparatus without using the image forming portion is selected.