Patent ID: 8345295

Claim:
A device for controlling the initiation of an image forming apparatus through the use of a NAND flash memory, the device comprising: a NAND flash memory to store a boot program and system control programs for initiating the image forming apparatus; a random-access-memory (RAM) for temporarily storing an execution program and data; and a driving unit arranged to first read the boot program and an engine control program among the system control programs from the NAND flash memory, then initiate the execution of the boot program and the engine control program, then, during the execution of the boot program and the engine control program, read the remaining system control programs from the NAND flash memory and store the remaining system control programs in the RAM, wherein the engine control program controls an electromechanical component of the image forming apparatus, and wherein during the reading of the remaining system control programs from the NAND flash memory and the storing of the remaining system control programs in the RAM, an image fixing unit of the image forming apparatus is heated by executing the engine control program, in order to prepare for a printing operation.