US 12,422,770 B2
Image forming apparatus that sets cooling time of a fixing device
Takashi Nakagawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,020.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-022046 (JP), filed on Feb. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280932 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5012 (2013.01) [G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1212 (2013.01); G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body to which a fixing device, that thermally fixes a toner image to a recording medium, is detachably attached; and
one or more controllers that control the apparatus main body, wherein
the one or more controllers set a predetermined time as a time at which the fixing device is cooled detachably from the apparatus main body, and
the predetermined time includes a time and a date specified in advance by a user.