| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power management controlling method and a recording apparatus employing the method, for enabling a reduction in consumed power in a sleep mode while maintaining the recording apparatus in a good condition during the sleep mode, and performing high-quality recording when it is recovered from the sleep mode to a normal mode. <P>SOLUTION: In the recording apparatus operated in a sleep mode in which a little electricity is consumed and a normal mode in which a large amount of power is consumed, whether an event serving as an opportunity for causing transition from the sleep mode to the normal mode is generated or not is detected; the recording apparatus undergoes transition from the sleep mode to the normal mode based on the detection result while checking whether the detected event is a maintenance operation periodically executed for keeping recording performed by the recording apparatus in a good condition; control is performed so that the maintenance operation is executed based on the checked result; and then, the recording apparatus is recovered from the normal mode to the sleep mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
