Image forming apparatus and image forming system

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a communication part that performs communication with an external device; an image processing part that processes image data that is received by the communication part and that is for forming an image; an image forming part that forms an image of the image data processed in the image processing part; and a power supply controller that controls power supplied to the communication part, the image processing part, or the image forming part. The communication part includes a memory part that stores status information of the image forming apparatus, and a server part that performs communication with the external device, and the power supply controller supplies power to only the communication part in a power saving mode during a standby period, and the server part responds to a status information reference request and a status information update request from the external device.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus that is configured using status information, comprising:
a communication part that includes a memory part that stores the status information of the image forming apparatus, and a server part that performs communication with, and receives image data and a status information update request from an external device, the status information update request including status information update data for the status information; an image processing part that processes the image data that is received by the communication part; an image forming part that forms an image of the image data processed by the image processing part; and a power supply controller that controls power supplied to the communication part, the image processing part and the image forming part during a normal mode, wherein the power supply controller terminates the power supplied to the image processing part and the image forming part, and supplies the power to only the communication part during a power saving mode, when the server part receives the status information update request from the external device during the power saving mode, the status information update data of the received status information update request is stored in the memory part, and when the power saving mode is shifted to the normal mode, the communication part modifies the status information stored in the memory part using the status information update data stored in the memory part and configures the image forming apparatus using the modified status information in which the status information update data has been reflected.