Patent ID: 8577242

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a fuser unit configured to make an image fused to a recording medium; a selecting unit configured to select a duplex scanning mode by which both sides of a document sheet are scanned or a single-side scanning mode by which one side of a document sheet is scanned; a check unit configured to determine which one of the duplex scanning mode and the single-side scanning mode is selected; a duplex scanning unit configured to perform a scan when both sides of a document sheet are scanned upon the duplex scanning mode being selected; a setting unit configured to determine power supplied to the fuser unit upon determining, by the check unit, that the single-side scanning mode is selected; and a supply unit configured to supply the determined power to the fuser unit, wherein the determined power is equal to a sum of power consumed by the duplex scanning unit and power that is consumed by the fuser unit upon the duplex scanning mode being selected, and wherein the supply unit is configured to change the power supplied to the fuser unit according to which one of the single-side scanning mode and the duplex scanning mode is selected.