| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus has a storage unit for storing a job-waiting list in which job information of a job in a waiting state among a plurality of jobs received for image forming is registered, and a transitional time within which to transit from a waiting mode to an energy-saving mode; a waiting list control unit for controlling to register to the job-waiting list the job information of the job instructed to act within a predetermined count period, when a job is being in progress, and controlling to store into the storage unit a time within which to initially register the job information to the job-waiting list; an accumulation-time count unit for, in the case where it is determined that all the job information stored in the job-waiting list has been absent, counting an accumulation time obtained by accumulating an elapsed time, in the predetermined count period, the elapsed time being counted from a time when the job information is registered to the job-waiting list to a time when all the job information registered in the job-waiting list has been absent after start of processing of the last job registered in the job-waiting list; and a transitional-time set unit for setting the transitional time based on the counted accumulation time. |
