Image forming apparatus that controls print start temperature of fixing section, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

摘要

An image forming apparatus capable of performing image formation quickly and reducing power consumption. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms images by transferring toners to sheets and fixing the toners onto the sheets using a fixing section. A page count is acquired which is indicative of the number of pages on which image formation can be formed within a time period required before the temperature of the fixing section rises from a first temperature to a second temperature. Then, when it is determined that rendering of PDL data for pages in the page count is completed, if all of the pages in the page count are for the text images, the image forming unit is controlled such that printing is started when the temperature of the fixing section has reached the first temperature.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image by transferring a color material to a recording medium and fixing the color material onto the recording medium using a fixing section, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive a print job; a warm-up unit configured to raise a temperature of the fixing section in a case where the reception unit receives the print job; a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of pages of images to be formed on recording mediums; a determination unit configured to, in a case where the generation unit generates predetermined pages of images, determine whether or not all of the predetermined pages of images are for text images; and a control unit configured to:
control, in a case where said determination unit determines that all of the predetermined pages of images are for the text images, the image forming unit so that printing starts when the temperature of the fixing section reaches a first temperature that enables formation of text images representing only text; andcontrol, in a case where said determination unit determines that all of the predetermined pages of images are not for the text images, the image forming unit so that printing starts when the temperature of the fixing section reaches a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, that enables formation of graphic images, including images other than the text images.