Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

摘要

To appropriately adjust the fixing temperature corresponding to the amount of applied toner, an image forming apparatus controls the temperature of a fixing unit configured to fix a recording material on a sheet. The apparatus acquires the amount of the recording material of each page in image data of a plurality of pages generated by dividing image data of one page, determines one fixing temperature using the acquired plurality of amounts of the recording material if a setting of dividing the image data of one page and printing the image data on a plurality of sheets is performed, and controls the temperature of the fixing unit using the determined fixing temperature.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus for controlling, in accordance with an amount of recording material for image data, a fixing temperature for fixing a recording material on a sheet, comprising:
a control unit configured to (i) control, if a setting of printing image data of one page on one sheet is done, the fixing temperature on a per-sheet basis by using a fixing temperature corresponding to an amount of recording material obtained from the image data of one page, and to (ii) control, if a setting of dividing image data of one page and printing the image data of one page on a plurality of sheets is done, the fixing temperature so that fixing temperatures for the plurality of sheets are to be the same; and a fixing unit configured to fix a recording material on a sheet based on the fixing temperature controlled by the control unit.