Image forming apparatus and power saving controlling method for the same

摘要

An image processing apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus that operates at least in a standby state and in a power saving state requiring less power consumption than the standby state. The image processing apparatus, which is configured to perform image processing on an externally received print job and to input the print job to the image forming apparatus, includes a determination unit configured to determine a power state of the image forming apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a reserved print job to the image forming apparatus at a reserved time if the determined power state of the image forming apparatus is the power saving state, and to transmit the reserved print job to the image forming apparatus prior to the reserved time if the determined power state of the image forming apparatus is the standby state.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet based on image data, the image processing apparatus being configured to generate the image data based on a print job and to transmit the image data to the image forming apparatus via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a power control unit configured to shift the image processing apparatus from a first power state in which the image processing apparatus is able to generate image data to a second power state in which the image processing apparatus is not able to generate image data; a receiving unit configured to receive a print job to which a reserved time at which the image forming apparatus is to form an image is specified; a generation unit configured to generate image data based on the print job received by the receiving unit prior to the reserved time; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the generation unit to the image forming apparatus prior to the reserved time and to make a reservation so as to enable the image forming apparatus to form the image based on the image data at the reserved time, wherein the image forming apparatus keeps the transmitted image data stored in a storage unit prior to the reserved time and forms, at the reserved time, the image on the sheet based on the stored image data.