| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To outwardly provide notification of output of a sensor in an image forming apparatus when power supply to a load of the image forming apparatus is interrupted for power savings. <P>SOLUTION: This image forming apparatus has a power source 2 which is not interrupted even in a power-saving mode. The power source 2 continues power supply to one or more sensors 9-13 for detecting a state of the apparatus, and an interface part 7 connected to a network, even in the power-saving mode. Thus, an external communication terminal can be notified of a sensor value in the image forming apparatus via the network 36, when the power supply to the loads (a scanner part 3, an image processing part 6 and a print part 15) of the image forming apparatus is interrupted for the power savings. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
