Image forming apparatus, control method, and recording medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8873987
APP PUB NO 20110311257A1
SERIAL NO

13164095

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An embodiment provides an image forming apparatus including: a job acquiring unit that acquires an image forming job that gives instructions for performing forming of an image; an image forming process control unit that controls performance of the image forming job that the job acquiring unit acquires; a temperature information acquiring unit that acquires information showing temperature of the heating rotary body; a determining unit that determines whether the temperature of the heating rotary body which is acquired by the temperature information acquiring unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined stand-by temperature set as a temperature in a stand-by state that stands by to perform the image forming process, when the image forming process is completed, based on the image forming job by the image forming process control unit; and a fixing device control unit.

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  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA;TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Furuyama, Noboru Kanagawa-ken, JP 35 129
Futamata, Yukio Shizuoka-ken, JP 13 148
Itaya, Satoshi Shizuoka-ken, JP 30 273
Katakura, Hiroshi Shizuoka-ken, JP 32 150
Nozawa, Taizo Kanagawa-ken, JP 8 66
Takada, Setsuo Shizuoka-ken, JP 22 95

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