METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN IMAGE OF SAVING POWER

摘要

A power-saving method and an apparatus for forming an image are provided to store printing data received from several user terminals connected through a network and to form an image when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A power-saving method for forming an image is carried out by the steps of receiving printing data from a user terminal(S300), of storing the received printing data(S340) when an image forming apparatus is in a power saving mode(S320), and of forming an image of the printing data(S380) by releasing the power saving mode when the printing data is initially stored and a predetermined time elapses(S360). The method further includes a step of releasing the power saving mode and forming an image of the printing data when the quantity of the printing data stored and accumulated in the image forming apparatus is equal to or greater than a threshold. The method further includes a step of forming the image of the printing data after other job is finished when the power saving mode is released due to the performance of the other job by the image forming apparatus.