Image forming apparatus to reduce power consumption, host apparatus, and method of performing image forming job thereof

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a memory, an interface to receive image data to perform an image forming job, and a controller to, when the image data is input in a power save mode of the image forming apparatus, send the image data to an external image forming apparatus, and when the image forming apparatus switches to a normal mode, control the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming job using the image data sent to the external image forming apparatus.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a memory; an interface to receive image data to perform an image forming job; and a controller to send time information on a second reservation time to switch the image forming apparatus from a power save mode to a normal mode to an external image forming apparatus, and when the image data is input in the power save mode of the image forming apparatus, send the image data to the external image forming apparatus, and when the image forming apparatus switches to the normal mode, control the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming job using the image data received from the external image forming apparatus based on the sent time information, wherein the second reservation time is input by a user separately from any image forming job.