摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress useless consumption of power in an image forming apparatus connected to a communication means. <P>SOLUTION: Terminal equipment 2 transmits a specific signal comprising a specific data column assigned to an image forming apparatus 3 as the destination of transmission of an image forming instruction prior to the transmission of the image forming instruction to the image forming apparatus 3, and the image forming apparatus 3 shifts, when receiving a specific signal assigned to itself from the terminal equipment 2, an operating state that the image forming instruction is not receivable to an operating state that the image forming instruction is receivable. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |