IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS , HOST APPARATUS ,SERVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING JOB THEREOF

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit an interface unit, which is connected to a host apparatus and at least one of other image forming apparatuses, an image forming unit which prints image data received through the interface unit , and a controller which , if image data is received when the image forming apparatus is in a normal mode , controls the image forming unit to perform an image forming job using the image data, and if the image data is received when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving mode , controls the interface unit to transmit the image data to another image forming apparatus so that the another image forming apparatus performs an image forming job.