Patent ID: 8731423

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section including a fixing device configured to fix an image on a sheet; an acquiring section configured to acquire setting information of printing target data, the setting information include a job type and a number of sheets on which the printing target data is to be fixed as the image; a determining section configured to determine a heat accumulation time based on the setting information acquired by the acquiring section, the heat accumulation time being selected from a plurality of predetermined times, wherein the heat accumulation time is determined to be a shortest time of the plurality of predetermined times if the job type is a facsimile reception, and the heat accumulation time is determined to be the shortest time of the plurality of predetermined times if the job type is not the facsimile reception and the number of sheets is less than a predetermined number; and an output section configured to output a control signal to the fixing device to heat the fixing device for the heat accumulation time determined by the determining section.