IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Sep 1, 2016
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Feb 26, 2016
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Feb 27, 2015
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An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a warming heater that heats a photoconductor drum, a fixing heater driving unit that turns a fixing heater on and off, a warming heater driving unit that turns the warming heater on and off, a mode transition unit that shifts an image forming operation mode, in which the image forming unit performs an image forming operation, to a sleep mode when a first period has elapsed after the image forming operation mode is finished, and a processor that turns off the fixing heater when the first period has elapsed after the image forming operation mode is finished and turns on the warming heater when a second period longer than the first period has elapsed after the image forming operation mode is finished.
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