IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A power management method of an image forming apparatus in a home network system including the image forming apparatus and a terminal device. The power management method includes setting power save mode information which includes a plurality of levels corresponding to a predetermined home network protocol to the image forming apparatus; storing the set power save mode information; receiving a command to enter a first power save mode among the plurality of levels from the terminal device; comparing the received command to enter the first power save mode with the stored power save mode information; and entering a power save mode by the image forming apparatus corresponding to the received command to enter the first power save mode.