| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus which can enhance a power-saving effect by simply finishing an initialization operation performed when the apparatus returns from an automatic power-supply off state to a power-supply on state in comparison with an initialization operation performed when it returns from a power-supply off state other than the automatic power-supply off state, and to provide a control method in an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: When the apparatus returns from the auto power off state to the power-supply on state (YES in S210), a simple initialization operation having the initialization operation partly omitted from a perfect initialization operation (S330) performed when the apparatus returns from a normal power-supply off state other than the above case is carried out (S220). The initialization operation omitted in the simple initialization operation includes at least the home seek movement of a carriage with a recording head. A position counting value of the carriage stored in a nonvolatile memory at the auto power off time is read out and used as a position counting value for the return time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
