IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROLLED TIMING OF ENERGIZATION OF HEATERS FOR POWER REDUCTION

摘要

In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus has a fixing section that transfers a toner image to a recording medium for printing in a printer section and then fixes the toner image, a decoloring section that heats and decolors a decolorable image printed on a recording medium for reuse with a color material of which the color is decolored if heated at a decoloring temperature, and a controller that enables the fixing section and the decoloring section to operate exclusively.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a fixing section configured to fix a toner image which is transferred to a recording medium for printing in a printer section; a decoloring section configured to heat and decolor a decolorable image printed on a recording medium with a color material of which the color is decolored if heated at a decoloring temperature; an instruction section configured to instruct the controller to carry out printing operation and decoloring operation; and a controller configured to prohibit, if the controller receives the instruction of the other operation different from the current operation which is one of a printing operation or a decoloring operation, carrying out the other operation different from the current operation.