Patent ID: 8873983

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for fixing a toner image to a recording sheet by transporting the recording sheet through a fixing nip formed by a heating rotating body and a pressing rotating body that press against each other, the image forming apparatus comprising: an idle rotation unit configured to cause idle rotation of the heating rotating body and the pressing rotating body during a standby state of the image forming apparatus; a cumulative amount recording unit configured to measure an amount of the idle rotation and record a cumulative amount of the idle rotation; an energy-saving unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to transition to an energy-saving state that consumes less power than the standby state when, during the standby state, a predetermined transition time elapses without reception of a print instruction; a setting unit configured to set whether to reset the cumulative amount when the image forming apparatus returns from the energy-saving state; a resetting unit configured to reset the cumulative amount when the image forming apparatus returns from the energy-saving state only in a case where the setting unit sets to reset the cumulative amount when the image forming apparatus returns from the energy-saving state; and a prohibiting unit configured to prohibit the idle rotation unit from causing the idle rotation when the cumulative amount reaches a predetermined allowable value.