IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

摘要

An image forming apparatus which includes a reading unit and allows an external memory device to be attached the apparatus, displays, on a display unit, a screen for performing a function using the reading unit and the external memory device when the image forming apparatus returns to the active state from the power-saving state depending on a cause for returning, if the cause for returning is that an original document is placed on the reading unit, and the external memory device is attached. The image forming apparatus also displays a default screen on the display unit when the image forming apparatus returns to the active state from the power-saving state, if the cause for returning is that an original document is placed on the reading unit, and the external memory device is not attached.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a reading unit configured to read an original document to generate image data of the original document; an attachment unit configured to allow an external memory device to be attached to the image forming apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect that an original document is placed on the reading unit; a return unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to return to an active state from a power-saving state depending on a cause for returning from the power-saving state; and a control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a screen for performing a function using the reading unit and the external memory device when the return unit causes the image forming apparatus to return to the active state from the power-saving state, in a case where the cause for returning is the detection by the detection unit, and the external memory device is attached to the image forming apparatus, anddisplay a default screen on the display unit when the return unit causes the image forming apparatus to return to the active state from the power-saving state, in a case where the cause for returning is the detection by the detection unit, and the external memory device is not attached to the image forming apparatus.