Image forming apparatus, driving method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which communicates with an external apparatus, a controller which, if a job performance command is received from the external apparatus when an operation mode of the image forming apparatus is a power saving mode, performs authentication of the external apparatus while maintaining the power saving mode, and a function unit which converts an operation mode of the image forming apparatus according to the authentication result and performs a function corresponding to the job performance command.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, comprising:
a communication interface unit to communicate with an external apparatus; a controller to perform authentication of the external apparatus while maintaining a power saving mode when a job performance command is received from the external apparatus when an operation mode of the image forming apparatus is the power saving mode; and a function unit to convert an operation mode of the image forming apparatus according to the authentication result and to perform a function corresponding to the job performance command, wherein the controller comprises: a main CPU to control the function unit in a normal mode; and an auxiliary CPU to perform the authentication of the external apparatus by comparing address information of the external apparatus which has transmitted the job performance command with pre-stored address information of the external apparatus when the job performance command is received from the external apparatus in the power saving mode.