Patent ID: 7113719

Claim:
An apparatus operable to perform functions including a function involving a printing operation on a print medium and a function not involving a printing operation, comprising: an image forming unit operable to form an image on the print medium in the printing operation; a fuser heating the image formed on the print medium so as to fuse the image on the print medium; an instruction receiving unit receiving an instruction to set the apparatus to power-on from a predetermined state including power-off and sleep-mode; a memory storing initial setting information indicating the function to be activated among the plurality of functions when the apparatus is set to power-on from the predetermined state; a determiner determining the function to be activated by the apparatus based on the initial setting information stored in the memory, responsive to the instruction receiving unit receiving the instruction to set the apparatus power-on; and a controller activating the function determined by the determiner and controlling the fuser to start heating when the function to be activated determined by the determiner is the function involving the printing operation and not to start heating when the function to be activated determined by the determiner is the function not involving the printing operation.