Printing control apparatus, image forming apparatus and printing system

摘要

A printing control apparatus connected via a network with one or more of image forming apparatuses includes: a power source detection section which detects an image forming apparatus turned on; and a setting section which sets a mode shift time for shifting from a normal power mode to a power saving power mode a power consumption of which is less than a power consumption of the normal power mode of each of the image forming apparatuses; and a notice section which notices the set mode shift time to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mode shift time, wherein the setting section changes the mode shift time when a plurality of image forming apparatuses which has been turned on is connected with the network, by comparing with a case when the network is connected with only one image forming apparatus turned on.

主权项

1. A printing control apparatus which is connected communicatably via a network with a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the printing control apparatus comprising:
a power source detection section which detects an image forming apparatus which has been turned on, among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected with the network; and a setting section which, based on a result of the detection by the power source detection section, sets a mode shift time for shifting a power consumption mode for each of image forming apparatuses which have been turned on, from a normal power mode to a power saving mode a power consumption of which is less than a power consumption of the normal power mode, when the mode shift time has passed after a completion of a last image formation job of the each of image forming apparatuses, wherein the power saving mode is a power consumption mode in which power is on; and a notice section which notices the set mode shift time to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mode shift time, wherein the setting section changes the mode shift time from the normal power mode to the power saving mode in a case when a plurality of image forming apparatuses which have been turned on are connected with the network, by comparing with a case when only one image forming apparatus which has been turned on is connected with the network.