摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an auxiliary power unit to be hardly deteriorated by reducing the frequency of charging and discharging of an auxiliary power unit to be used to quickly start a fixing device. <P>SOLUTION: When a user instruction for making the image forming apparatus form an image is inputted to a computer, the computer communicates with the image forming apparatus through a network, and the computer is made to function as an image formation control means for making the image forming apparatus form an image. When making the image forming apparatus form an image, the image formation control means transmits, to the image forming apparatus through the network, instruction data that generates heat in both first and second heaters to start the fixing device or generates heat only in the first heater to start the fixing device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |