| 摘要 |
It is an object of the invention to provide an image processing apparatus and a method for operating the image processing apparatus that can effectively use electric power by preventing units not used by specified users from being brought into an operation state. An image processing apparatus according to the invention is an image processing apparatus that can selectively switch any one of plural units having respective functions from a power saving mode to a normal operation mode and switches, when the unit in the normal operation mode is not used for a time set in advance, to the power saving mode. The image processing apparatus includes a card identifier storing unit having stored therein a card identifier indicating that a card is a card of a proper user and a usable unit given to the card identifier and a card reading control unit that reads a card identifier of a card set in a reading state, searches through the card identifier storing unit, and, only when the card is the card of the proper user, brings a unit corresponding to the card identifier into a normal operation state.
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