Power-saving controller for image-forming apparatus
US6166355A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2003
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A power-saving controller for an image-forming apparatus activates a power-saving mode when the image-forming apparatus is operated with a power-saving key while standing by, and controls a fixer to have a target temperature selected by a user beforehand, which is lower than a target temperature of the fixer obtained when the image-forming apparatus stands by. After a predetermined period elapses, when the selected temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature, the power-saving controller controls the fixer to have the predetermined temperature.
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