Image forming and reproducing apparatus with mode controllable communication interface

摘要

An image forming and reproducing apparatus furnished with one or more communication interfaces connectable to external devices so as to transmit and receive image data items to and from the external devices is provided. The image forming and reproducing apparatus comprises a communication interface mode setting unit configured to allow a user to set each of the communication interfaces in a usable mode or a unusable mode; and a controller configured to detect the current mode of each of the communication interfaces when the image forming and reproducing apparatus is powered on and to determine whether to initialize each of the communication interfaces based on the detected mode.