Patent ID: 8175481

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: a sheet-feed section configured to feed a sheet of paper to a sheet conveyance path; an image-forming section disposed along the sheet conveyance path and configured to form a toner image on the sheet of paper; a thermal fixing section disposed downstream of the image-forming section with respect to a direction in which the sheet of paper is fed, wherein the thermal fixing section is configured to thermally fix the toner image on the sheet of paper with a predetermined temperature; and a control section configured to: control temperature of the thermal fixing section, detect a sheet-feed error occurring in the sheet-feed section, output an error detection signal indicative of an occurrence of the sheet-feed error, change the temperature of the thermal fixing section in response to the error detection signal, wherein the control section is further configured to: store a number of times the sheet-feed error occurred in a sheet-feed error occurrence times storing section, determine that the number of times stored in the sheet-feed error occurrence times storing section has reached a predetermined number of times, and halt sheet feeding by the sheet-feed section in response to determining that the number of times stored in the sheet-feed error occurrence times storing section has reached the predetermined number of times.