摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus and its saving method, setting a resources saving related mode with the saving rate requested by a user as reference and easily and accurately achieving the saving rate requested by the user for resources used for image formation. <P>SOLUTION: In an image forming apparatus provided with the saving resources mode, saving the resources used for image formation, a mode specifying means 101 to specify the saving resources mode, resources mode setting means 111, 112 and 113 setting the resources to be saved from the resources related modes, a saving rate setting means to specify the saving rate of the resources set by the saving rate specified by the user and a selecting means for a saving resources operating mode selecting the saving resources operating mode in order to achieve the set saving rate are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |