Patent ID: 11921451
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The image forming system according to claim 8, further comprising a management terminal that manages the user terminal or the image forming apparatus,
wherein the image forming apparatus further includes an apparatus side transmitting part that transmits the detection information,
wherein the management terminal includes:
a terminal side receiving part that receives the detection information;
a terminal side mode switching part that outputs, based on the detection information, setting mode information indicating a mode to which the consumption amount of the resource consumed by the image forming apparatus is allocated; and

a terminal side transmitting part that transmits the setting mode information, and
wherein the image forming apparatus further includes an apparatus side receiving part that receives the setting mode information, and
wherein when the detection information indicates that it has been detected, based on the setting mode information, that the apparatus side connecting part is not communicably connected to the terminal side connecting part, the apparatus side mode setting part sets the energy saving mode in which the consumption amount of the resource consumed by the image forming apparatus is reduced as compared with the amount of the resource consumed by the image forming apparatus in a case where the detection information indicates that the apparatus side connecting part and the terminal side connecting part are communicably connected.