a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in fig8 . hardware for implementing this embodiment can be constituted using the known prior art shown in fig5 and 6b . therefore , this embodiment will be described below by referring to a control flow of fig8 stored in a printer engine control unit . this control flow substantially coincides with the contents of that explained before in connection with the prior art in the process from the reception of a print signal for printing control . thus , after printing the previous page ( s301 , s302 ), the elapse of a predetermined time is counted by a timer ( s303 ). if the print signal is not received before the elapse of the predetermined time ( s304 , s305 ), then the control flow goes into a post - rotation sequence . however , this embodiment is different from the prior art in the control flow after that point . more specifically , after entering the post - rotation sequence , the charge , development and transfer operations are sequentially turned off , with time intervals of t b and t c between the former two steps and between the latter two steps , respectively ( s306 - s310 ). a main motor is then turned off after a period of time t d ( s311 , s312 ), followed by finally checking for the presence or absence of a sheet of paper preliminarily fed ( s313 ). if it is determined that no sheet of paper is preliminarily fed , then the control unit immediately turns off a scanner motor ( s319 ) and comes into a print - waiting state ( s320 ). conversely , if it is determined that a sheet of paper is preliminarily fed , a scanner continues to be driven for a period of timer setting time t e , while checking the print signal ( s314 , s315 ). if the print signal is not received during the period of time t e , then the control unit turns off the scanner motor ( s317 ) and comes into the print - waiting state ( s318 ). fig9 shows a timing chart in the case where the print signal is received during the rotation of the scanner after entering the post - rotation sequence under the presence of the sheet of paper preliminarily fed ( i . e ., the resetting of a spare paper feed end flag ). if the spare paper feed signal is received during the writing of image data for the preceding page , then the printer engine control unit 301 ( fig5 ) drives the paper feed roller 209 ( fig4 ) at the predetermined timing to feed a sheet of paper until the sheet reaches the resist sensor 211 . thereafter , if the next print signal is not received until the elapse of the predetermined time , then the post - rotation sequence is effected . in this sequence , high voltage biases for the charge , development and transfer operations are sequentially turned off , followed by turning off the main motor after the predetermined time . in this case , however , since the sheet of paper preliminarily fed is present , the scanner is not turned off , but is continued to be driven for a period of predetermined time . if the print signal is received after a while ( but before turning - off of the scanner ), the main motor is driven immediately and , at the same time , each voltage bias is raised up to a required high level . in the normal printing sequence , the paper feed roller is started to be driven after waiting at this point for the scanner motor to reach the predetermined number of revolutions . but , since the scanner motor still continues rotating at the predetermined number of revolutions in this case , the paper feed roller can be driven immediately after the rising of each voltage bias to the required high level . further , since the sheet of paper , preliminarily fed , has reached the position of the resist sensor , that sheet of paper can reach the resist roller in a short time to thereby start the writing of an image quickly . as will be apparent from the foregoing , the first printing time required , when the print signal is received after entering the post - rotation sequence under a state that the sheet of paper preliminarily fed remains in the printer , is cut down by an amount corresponding to the time required for start - up of the scanner . next , a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig1 . this embodiment operates in a similar manner to the above second embodiment shown in fig8 in a sequence from the reception of the print signal to the paper feeding , resisting and printing , operations as well as in a sequence from the reception of the spare paper feed signal to the paper feeding and stopping operations ( s301 - s312 and s319 ). in this embodiment , after the high voltage biases are sequentially turned off and the main and scanner motors are also turned off in the post - rotation sequence ( s319 ), the presence or absence of a sheet of paper preliminarily fed is checked ( s350 ). if the sheet of paper preliminarily fed is absent , then the fixer is set to the standby temperature ( lower than the printing temperature ) in a like manner to the normal post - rotation , followed by a printing standby state ( s356 , s357 ). if the sheet of paper preliminarily fed is present , then the fixer is controlled to remain at a temperature higher than the standby temperature for a period of predetermined time ( s351 ). if the print signal is not received during the predetermined time ( s352 , s353 ), then the fixer temperature is switched to the standby temperature for returning to the normal standby state ( s354 , s355 ). if the print signal is received in a higher temperature state than the standby temperature , then the fixer temperature is controlled to rise from that temperature to the printing temperature so that the difference therebetween is compensated for , followed by starting the paper feeding . with this embodiment , even after the control unit enters the post - rotation sequence and comes into the standby state with the sheet of paper preliminarily fed being present , the fixer temperature is held at the printing temperature or a temperature between the standby temperature and the printing temperature for a predetermined period of time . accordingly , the period of time required for performing the first printing operation upon reception of the next print signal , can be cut down by an amount corresponding to the period of time required for the fixer to reach the printing temperature . fig1 shows a third embodiment of the present invention . hardware for implementing this embodiment can be constituted using the known prior art shown in fig5 for example . therefore , this embodiment will be described below by referring to a flow chart of fig1 stored in the printer engine control unit . because the flow chart of fig1 is common to that of fig6 a and 6b except for a feature part of this embodiment , only this feature part will be explained here . at first , the presence or absence of the print signal is checked ( s402 ). if yes , it is checked whether or not a sheet of paper is preliminarily fed ( s403 ). if the sheet of paper is preliminarily fed , then it is fed to the resist roller and vertical synchronization is performed to start the printing control . if the sheet of paper is not preliminarily fed , then it is checked whether or not the control unit is in a standby state ( s403 - 1 ). if in the standby state , the control unit enters a pre - rotation ( control ) sequence and subsequently enters paper feeding control for the printing operation . if the spare paper feed signal is received before receiving the print signal ( s414 ), then it is checked whether or not the control unit is in a standby state ( s414 - 1 ). if in the standby state , the scanner is driven to reach the predetermined number of revolutions ( s414 - 2 ). in parallel , the paper feeding operation is started until the sheet of paper reaches the resist sensor , followed by stopping the paper feed roller ( s415 , s416 ). at this time , the scanner remains driven ( see fig1 ). if the print signal is received after that , then the sheet of paper is started to be fed again after performing the pre - rotation sequence ( such as rising to the high voltage biases and start - up of the fixer ) other than the driving of the scanner . note that s414 - 3 is a control step inserted for explaining a fourth embodiment below . fig1 and 13 show timing charts of primary signals generated when executing a sequence based on the control flows of fig6 a , 6b and 11 . fig1 is a timing chart of the prior art when the spare paper feed signal is received in the standby state , while fig1 is a timing chart in this embodiment when the spare paper feed signal is received in the standby state . from these timing charts , the following will be found . in a conventional timing chart where the scanner motor is not driven at the time of starting the spare paper feeding , the control unit waits for the scanner motor to become ready after the pre - rotation sequence , followed by starting the paper feeding upon readiness of the scanner motor . thus , a period of time t 0 is required from the reception of the print signal to the writing of an image . on the other hand , in the timing chart of this embodiment where the scanner motor is also driven at the time of starting the spare paper feeding , the paper feeding can be started midway in the pre - rotation sequence , and only a period of time t 1 is required from the reception of the print signal to the writing of an image . in this embodiment , upon receiving the spare paper feed signal in the standby state , an additional step s414 - 3 is executed to start control of the fixer temperature at a high temperature ( e . g ., the printing temperature ) higher than the standby temperature , in addition to the driving of the scanner motor performed in the above third embodiment . in other words , if the scanner motor is driven upon the reception of the spare paper feed signal , the period of time taken from the reception of the print signal to the image writing is cut down to a large extent . accordingly , if the fixer temperature is switched from the standby temperature to the printing temperature upon the reception of the print signal like the prior art , there is a fear that the fixer temperature may not be raised up to the printing temperature until the sheet of print paper reaches the fixer . this fear can be eliminated by starting to control the fixer temperature to become higher than the standby temperature in the spare paper feeding step . while the timing chart is similar to that of fig1 shown in connection with the above third embodiment , the fixer temperature is started to be controlled to the printing temperature at the same time the scanner motor is driven upon the reception of the spare paper feed signal . the other control steps remain unchanged . however , since the printing is started from the condition that the scanner is already in a ready state as stated above , the period of time t 1 in fig3 is further cut down from the value obtainable with the above third embodiment . as described above , when the spare paper feed signal is received in the standby state , not only the sheet of paper is fed to the predetermined position , but also a feasible part of the electrophotographic process , e . g ., rotation of the scanner at the predetermined number of revolutions and possibly control of the fixer temperature to a higher temperature in combination with the former , is executed . the period of time required from the reception of the next print signal to start - up of the printing is thereby cut down to a large extent . as a result , the advantageous effect of the spare paper feeding to increase throughput can be maximized to greatly contribute an improvement in the printer performance . next , a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described . this embodiment is partly similar to the prior art of fig1 . in fig1 , therefore , components common to those in fig1 are denoted by the same reference numerals . referring to fig1 , the surface of an electrophotographic photoreceptor ( photosensitive drum ) 2 is uniformly charged by a charge roller 5 . then , a laser beam from a laser scanner 3 irradiates the photosensitive drum 2 through a reflection mirror 4 so that an image is exposed to create a latent image . subsequently , toner 8 in a developer 6 is applied to develop the latent image by a development roller 7 . on the other hand , sheets of transfer material 13 such as paper stacked in a paper cassette 14 are fed one by one and held in a standby state with a leading end of each sheet nipped by the resist roller 11 in pair . the sheet of transfer material 13 is then fed to a transfer roller 10 in synchronism with writing of an image onto the photosensitive drum 2 . the image transferred to the sheet of transfer material 13 is fixed by a fixer 15 comprising a fixer roller 15a having a heater therein and a pressure roller 15b , following which the sheet is discharged externally of the printer . the toner remaining on the photosensitive drum 2 after the transfer is cleaned by a cleaner 9 . thereafter , the image forming process comprised of the charging and subsequent steps is repeated . temperature adjustment of the fixer 15 is performed by turning on and off energization of the heater based on the temperature detected by a temperature sensor 15c . when the period of time required from start of the paper feeding operation to complete conversion of coded characters or figure information , received from an external information processing apparatus , into pixel information , is in excess of a certain time tf , the photosensitive drum 2 is stopped in its driving after the drum surface is charged with uniform potential by only the primary charging . on the side of the fixer 15 , it waits for the end of the image development while keeping the temperature adjustment in a mode for the printing . one example of a timing chart for the operation sequence of this embodiment is shown in fig5 . in this example , coded information of three pages is assumed to be received in periods ( a ) to ( b ), ( i ) to ( j ) and ( p ) to ( q ) each for one page . at first , a control unit including a microprocessor 17 starts the image development of the coded information ( i . e ., the coded information received in the period of ( a )-( b )) for the first page . after terminating the reception of the coded information for the first page , a feed motor is driven at the timing ( c ), whereupon the photosensitive drum 2 is driven to rotate ( drum drive ) and also a laser scan motor is driven ( scanner rotation ). then , primary charge and transfer bias are sequentially applied to start a series of print preparatory operations , called a pre - rotation sequence , such as uniform charging over the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 and output adjustment of the laser beam . afterward , at the timing ( d ) to synchronize the image on the photosensitive drum 2 and the sheet of transfer material 13 , the paper feed roller 12 is driven to feed the sheet of transfer material 13 up to the position of the resist roller 11 ( paper feed pickup operation ). also , at the timing ( d ), the mode of the temperature adjustment of the fixer is switched from the temperature adjustment standby and the temperature adjustment printing mode . even if the image development for the first page is completed at the timing ( e ), reading of the image data is not started if the pre - rotation sequence is not ended . if not , therefore , the control unit waits for the end of the pre - rotation sequence , whereupon the reading of the image data is started at the timing ( f ). in this case , the period of time required for the first page from the timing ( d ) to start the paper feed pickup operation to the timing ( e ) at completion of the image development is smaller than the time tf , and a drum stop signal is not issued . the laser beam from the laser scanner 3 is modulated while reading the image data , so that the image is written onto the photosensitive drum 2 . when the sheet of transfer material 13 reaches the resist roller 11 , the resist roller 11 is driven to feed the sheet of transfer material 13 so as to ensure the synchronized relationship ( at the timing ( g ) with a lag corresponding to the difference t 1 - t 2 between the period of time t 1 required for the photosensitive drum 2 to move through a distance l 1 from the laser exposure position to the transfer roller 10 and the period of time t 2 required for the sheet of transfer material 13 to move through a distance l 2 (& lt ; l 1 ) from the resist roller 11 to the transfer roller 10 ). at the time the electrostatic latent image written under the laser exposure on the photosensitive drum 2 comes to the development position , the development bias is applied to develop the latent image . after the image data for the first page are completely read at the timing ( h ), the image development of the coded information for the second image received is started in the period ( i ) to ( j ). in this case , since the microprocessor 17 has already received the coded information for the second page , the paper feed pickup operation for the second page is performed at the timing ( k ) during the reading of the image data for the first page . with the image development for the second page being longer than a period of the interpaper processing time in the printer , the sheet of transfer material 13 is nipped by the resist roller 11 and waits for the end of the image development while making a loop . at the timing ( l ) corresponding to the end of the image development , the elapsed time from the timing ( k ) to start the paper feed pickup operation has not reached tf . without issuing the drum stop signal , therefore , the sheet of transfer material 13 is fed at the timing ( n ) and the image data are read at the timing ( m ). since the microprocessor 17 has already received the coded information for the third page , the paper feed pickup operation for the third page is performed at the timing ( r ) during the reading of the image data for the second page . upon completion of the reading of the image data for the second page , the image development for the third page is started . as to the third page , the image development is not ended after the elapse of the period tf from the timing ( r ) to start the paper feed pickup operation and , therefore , the microprocessor 17 issues the drum stop signal at the timing ( s ). in response to the drum stop signal , the transfer bias is turned off and the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 is charged to uniform potential by only the primary charging , following which a drive unit 30 stops the drum at the timing ( t ). at this time , however , unlike the normal stop of the printer operation , the temperature adjustment of the fixer is not switched to a lower temperature in the standby state , but remains at the printing temperature . when the image development is ended at the timing ( u ), the drum stop signal is ceased at the timing ( v ). thereupon , the drum is driven again to start rotation at the timing ( w ) and the primary charging is performed . since the fixer is maintained in a fixing enable state , the scanner is then started up . when the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 assumes a latent image forming enable state , the resist roller 11 is driven at the timing ( y ) to feed the sheet of transfer material 13 so that the image data are started to be read at the timing ( x ). thus , if the period of time from the paper feed pickup operation to the rotation of the photosensitive drum exceeds tf , the transfer bias and the primary charge bias are both turned off and the driving of the drum is stopped . this prevents deterioration of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by charging for a long period of time , cuts and scratches on the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by the cleaner 9 during rotation of the photosensitive drum 2 for a long period of time , abrasion of the cleaner 9 , etc . further , since the fixer is held under the temperature adjustment for printing , even during the stop of the photosensitive drum 2 , the print speed will not be lowered at the restart - up after completion of the image development attributable to the period of time required for the fixer to be heated from the standby temperature to the printing temperature . now , this image forming apparatus ( laser printer ) has not received the coded information after the third page , and so the paper feeding operation for the fourth page is not performed . thus , after the image for the third page has been transferred to the sheet of transfer material , the microprocessor performs an operation called as a post - rotation sequence where the transfer bias is turned off , the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 is charged to uniform potential by only the primary charging , and the sheet of transfer material 13 is discharged externally of the printer , followed by stopping both the drum drive and the scanner rotation . in addition , the temperature adjustment of the fixer is returned to the lower temperature in the standby state and the printer is stopped . the value of tf depends on various conditions such as the material of the photosensitive drum 2 , the construction of the cleaner 9 and the process speed . for example , using an image forming apparatus comprising the photosensitive drum 2 comprising an aluminum cylinder of φ30 coated with both a charge generating layer formed by dispersing a phthalocyanine dye into styrene resin as a binder and a charge carrier layer formed by dispersing a hydrazone compound into polycarbonate resin as a binder , the cleaner 9 comprising a urethane rubber blade with a thickness of 2 mm and hardness of 65 degrees ( jis - a ) which is inclined to abut against the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 at an angle of 22 ° in a direction counter to the rotation thereof , and the process speed being 50 mm / sec , 7000 sheets of paper were printed by repeating a printing cycle of 10 prints nines of which each include character data requiring less than 3 seconds to complete the image development and one of which includes character and figure data requiring more than 10 minutes to complete the image development thereof . the results were as follows . in the case of tf = 5 minutes , the urethane rubber blade of the cleaner 9 was scratched and a cleaning failure occurred . any image defects due to a change in quality of the photoreceptor did not however occur . in the case of tf = 3 minutes , while a cleaning failure did not occur , the polycarbonate resin as the surface layer of the photosensitive drum 2 was cut , which increased the electrostatic capacity of the photosensitive drum 2 and made the primary charging produce an insufficient charged state , with a very slight blur on the image but no problems in practical use . in the case of tf = 1 minute , there occurred no problems . from the foregoing , the value of tf is set to be 3 minutes , preferably 1 minute . when those prints taking a long period of time for the image development are to be printed more frequently than the above conditions , it is desirable that the value of tf is set to a smaller value . conversely , when such frequency is low , tf may be set to a value ranging from 10 to 30 minutes with no problems . as an alternative , the value of tf may be switched between different values depending on the degree of the frequency at which those prints taking long a period of time for image development occur . furthermore , in other cases where the surface layer of the photosensitive drum 2 is formed of resin tending to be cut like acryl resin , the cleaning blade is formed of material susceptible to damages like silicone rubber , or the cleaning unit employs a fur brush or a roller held in abutment against the photosensitive drum , tf is desirably set to a smaller value than above . in addition , when the photoreceptor of the photosensitive drum 2 is formed of hard material such as amorphous silicon , tf may be set to a larger value than above . this embodiment is featured in that when the period of time required from start of the paper feeding operation to complete conversion of coded characters or figure information , received from an external information processing apparatus , into pixel information is in excess of a certain time tf , which is preset to prevent deterioration of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by charging for a long period of time , cuts and scratches on the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by the cleaner 9 during rotation of the photosensitive drum 2 for a long period of time , abrasion of the cleaner 9 , etc ., the driving of the photosensitive drum 2 is stopped after the drum surface is charged with uniform potential by only the primary charging , whereas the fixer 15 waits for the end of the image development while keeping the temperature adjustment in a mode for the printing , and further after the elapse of a predetermined time ts from the stopping of the driving of the photosensitive drum the temperature adjustment is returned to a mode for the standby state . since the above control process becomes a load on the microprocessor 17 , mechanical control of the laser printer is handled by another independent microcomputer 40 in this embodiment . fig1 shows an arrangement of the body of an electrophotographic printer of this embodiment . a block diagram for control in this embodiment is shown in fig1 . the configuration shown in fig1 is divided into a controller unit 100 for principally handling image ( video ) information , including reception of coded information of an image from an external information processing apparatus and image development of the coded information , and a printer unit 101 for controlling operation of the printer body . in fig1 , mechanical control of the laser printer is executed by a single chip microcomputer 40 . loads on the microcomputer 40 include a motor driver 41 , a laser scan motor driver 43 , a paper feed clutch 45 , a resist roller clutch 46 , a sensor 47 , a high voltage output circuit 48 , a laser modulation circuit 49 , a beam detection circuit 51 , etc . temperature adjustment of a fixer is performed by turning on and off energization of a heater 53 based on the temperature detected by a temperature sensor 15c . the microcomputer 40 controls the above loads in response to commands from an i / o driver 23 . between the microcomputer 40 and the i / o driver 23 , a ready signal , a print signal , a vsreq signal , a vsync signal and a prfd signal are transmitted and received . there are also prepared a serial communication line used for communicating states of the loads of the printer to the i / o driver 23 and communicating special commands from the i / o driver 23 to the microcomputer 40 . an video signal ( video signal ) outputted from a raster conversion circuit 24 is applied to the laser modulation circuit 49 for modulating a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser 50 in accordance with the video signal . the modulated laser beam is scanned by a laser beam scan mirror , and the scanned laser beam impinges upon a photodiode 52 disposed in a scan path of the laser beam . then , the laser beam is converted into a pulse signal by the beam detection circuit 51 . the pulse signal outputted from the beam detection circuit 51 is applied as a horizontal synch signal ( hsync signal ) to the raster conversion circuit 24 . the case of receiving the coded information for the first page which does take a period of a relatively short time in image development and receiving the coded information for the second page which does take a period of a relatively long time in image development will now be explained with reference to a timing chart of fig1 . at first , under a condition that the printer unit 101 is powered on and held in a state able to always receive a print signal print , there is a ready signal rdy . in this condition , when the controller unit 100 has completely received the coded information of one page in a period of ( a ) to ( b ), it sends a print signal print to the printer unit 101 at the timing ( c ). in response to the print signal , the printer unit 101 starts driving of the drum and rotation of the scanner so that primary charge and paper feed pickup are sequentially performed to be ready for receiving the video signal . specifically , the paper feed pickup is performed at the timing ( d ) to feed the sheet of transfer material 13 . then , at the timing ( e ) where the leading end of a sheet of transfer material 13 abuts against a resist roller 11 and makes a loop , the signal vsreq is set true to inform the controller unit 100 of that the printer unit 101 is now ready for receiving the video signal . in this state , the printer unit 101 waits for transmission of the video signal . meanwhile , the controller unit 100 performs the image development of the coded information . at the timing ( f ) where there is a signal vsreq after the image development , the controller unit 100 issues the signal vsync to inform start of delivering the image data . then , the image data are read and delivered as the video signal ( vdo ) to the printer unit 101 in a period of ( g ) to ( h ). upon receiving the vsync signal , the printer unit 101 drives the resist roller 11 at the timing ( i ) so that the sheet of transfer material 13 on standby is fed toward the photosensitive drum 2 in timed relation to synchronize the leading end of the image and the leading end of sheet of transfer material 13 , thereby transferring the image to the transfer roller 10 . the controller unit 100 has received the coded information for the second page in a period of ( j ) to ( k ) and , at the timing ( l ), issues a prefeed signal ( prfd ) to start the paper feeding operation regardless of the operation of image developing means . upon receiving the prefeed signal , the printer unit 101 performs the paper feed pickup at the timing ( m ) which can maximize the throughput of the laser printer . then , at the timing ( n ) where the leading end of the sheet of transfer material 13 abuts against the resist roller 11 and makes a loop , the signal vsreq is set to inform the controller unit 100 of that the printer unit 101 is now ready for receiving the video signal . in this state , the printer unit 101 waits for transmission of the video signal . meanwhile , the controller unit 100 performs the image development of the coded information . in this case , since the image development is not ended even after the elapse of tf from the start timing ( m ) of the paper feed pickup operation , a drum stop signal is issued at the timing ( o ). upon receiving the drum stop signal , the single chip microcomputer 40 in the printer unit 101 turns off the primary charge at the timing ( p ) and makes the motor driver 41 stop the drum drive at the timing ( q ). further , since the image development in the controller unit 100 is not yet ended even after the elapse of ts from the stop of the drum drive , the controller unit 100 switches the temperature adjustment of the fixer to a standby mode at the timing ( r ). at the timing ( h ) where the image development is completed , the controller unit 100 issues the drum stop signal and also switches the temperature adjustment of the fixer again to a printing mode . correspondingly , the single chip microcomputer 40 in the printer unit 101 makes the motor driver 41 rotate a carrier motor 42 , thereby resuming the drum drive . then , the single chip microcomputer 40 resumes the primary charge at the timing ( v ) and , thereafter , issues the vsreq signal upon complete readiness of the laser scanner . in response to the vsreq signal , the controller unit 100 delivers the vsync signal to the printer unit 101 , whereupon the printer unit drives the resist roller 11 so that an image in the form of the video signal ( vdo ) read out of the controller unit is transferred to the sheet of the transfer material 13 . after the reading of the image data , the printer unit 101 enters a post - rotation sequence in which the primary charge , the drum drive and the scanner rotation are stopped and the temperature adjustment of the fixer is switched to a standby mode , bringing the operation to an end . the period tf + ts in this embodiment corresponds to a period in which the fixer is not performing the fixing operation . if this period were prolonged , the temperature within the printer body would be raised too higher or , in the case of using a pressure roller , its service life is affected by the total heat amount applied thereto . in a printer designed to perform the temperature adjustment between 165 ° c . in a standby mode and 180 ° c . in a printing mode , the following was found . when the value of tf + ts was more than 3 minutes , the temperature of the cleaner 9 at a point closest to the fixer 15 exceeded the temperature in an equilibrium condition as produced under the temperature adjustment in a standby state . when it was over 15 minutes , that temperature was raised on the order of 12 ° c . with another equilibrium condition being produced . the temperature rise of the cleaner 9 may invite blocking of the toner in the cleaner and thus prevent storage of the toner , thereby causing a cleaning failure . in view of the above , a continuous endurance test was conducted on assumptions that the value of tf + ts was set to 15 minutes and the image used took about 15 minutes in the image development . as the result , a cleaning failure occurred after printing approximately 4000 sheets of transfer material . on the other hand , from the result of another endurance test conducted on assumptions that the value of tf + ts was set to 5 minutes and the image used took about 5 minutes in the image development , no abnormality was found . from the above results , it is desirable that the value of tf + ts is set to be about 5 minutes or less . incidentally , the value of tf may be determined like the fifth embodiment . thus , with this embodiment , since the temperature adjustment of the fixer is once returned to a lower temperature in the standby mode for such data as requiring a long period of time to complete the image development , an excessive temperature rise within the printer body will not be caused . further , since this embodiment includes the controller unit 100 and the printer unit 101 separate from each other , a sufficient degree of extension can be provided to accommodate a host apparatus having a variety of page descriptive languages . in addition , since the controller unit 100 can be operated with no need of considering the paper feed timing in the printer unit 101 , the control process is simplified . this embodiment is featured in that when the period of time required from start of the paper feeding operation to complete conversion of coded characters of figure information , received from an external information processing apparatus , into pixel information is in excess of a certain time tf which is preset to prevent deterioration of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by charging for a long period of time , cuts and scratches on the surface of the photosensitive drum 2 caused by the cleaner 9 during rotation of the photosensitive drum 2 for a long period of time , abrasion of the cleaner 9 , etc ., the driving of the photosensitive drum 2 is stopped after the drum surface is charged with uniform potential by only the primary charging , whereas the fixer 15 waits for the end of the image development while keeping the temperature adjustment remained in a mode for the printing , and further after the elapse of a predetermined time ts from the stop of the photosensitive drum in its driving , the temperature adjustment is shifted to a mode for a pre - standby state to keep a temperature higher than the standby temperature but lower than the printing temperature . fig1 is a view showing a timing chart in this embodiment . this embodiment is operated exactly in the same manner as the above embodiment except for the timing of temperature adjustment . this embodiment is different from the sixth embodiment in that when the image development takes a period of time beyond a certain value , i . e ., it requires more than the certain time ts from the timing ( g ) to stop the drum drive , the temperature adjustment is switched to a pre - standby mode at the timing ( y ). use of the temperature adjustment in pre - standby can reduce the period of time for the fixer to restore to a fixing enable state when the image forming operation is started upon the end of the image development . the print speed can be thereby increased . one practical example is as follows . let it be assumed that in the image forming apparatus explained in connection with the above sixth embodiment , the apparatus uses a heat source comprising a heater of 400 w , has a fixer roller comprising an aluminum core with a wall thickness of 0 . 8 mm and length of 220 mm , and performs the temperature adjustment by setting a standby temperature to 160 ° c ., a pre - standby temperature to 170 ° c . and a printing temperature to 180 ° c . in this case , the period of time required to reach the printing temperature again from the standby temperature is about 4 seconds . on the contrary , the period of time required to reach the printing temperature again from the pre - standby temperature is just about 2 seconds . this decrease in the required time directly leads to a decrease in the image forming time . the temperature adjusted in the pre - standby mode is determined depending on a degree of temperature rise within the image forming apparatus , particularly , that of the cleaner 9 at a point closest to the fixer 15 . by way of example , therefore , a continuous endurance test conducted on assumptions that the value of tf + ts was set to 5 minutes and the image used took about 15 minutes in image development , while changing the pre - standby temperature . as the result , it was found that a cleaning failure might occur when the temperature of the cleaner 9 at a point closest to the fixer 15 was raised in excess of about 10 ° c . with respect to an equilibrium temperature in the standby mode . note that the pre - standby temperature in this case was 176 ° c . it is thus believed that in the case of setting the value of tf + ts to 5 minutes , the pre - standby temperature requires a setting of less than 175 ° c .