| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the balance of the saving of power consumption with the shortening of waiting time in the case of starting up a copying machine in the midst of standby according to whether it is frequent to use a few sheets or to use many sheets by performing control to switch the standby temperature of a fixing means in accordance with a user's using style. SOLUTION: This image forming apparatus performs control to quicken first copying in the case it is frequent to use a few sheets and restrain the power consumption in the case it is frequent to use many sheets by calculating the ratio of using a few sheets from the number of the times of using a few sheets used per unit time and the total number of using times and switching the standby temperature of the fixing means based on the calculated ratio. |
