Patent ID: 8774663

Claim:
An image forming apparatus which can be shifted into a power saving state, comprising: a fixing unit, including a first part and a second part, configured to fix an image formed on a record medium with a pressure generated between the first part and the second part, the record medium passing between the first part and the second part, and a power supply to the fixing unit being stopped in the power saving state; and a control unit configured to control, in a case where a shift condition for shifting the image forming apparatus into the power saving state is satisfied, the image forming apparatus to be shifted into the power saving state in a state that the pressure is generated between the first part and the second part, and to control, in a case where a predetermined time period elapses after the image forming apparatus has been shifted into the power saving state in a state that the pressure is generated between the first part and the second part, the image forming apparatus to be shifted into the power saving state in a state that the pressure is not generated between the first part and the second part.