Patent ID: 9319551
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G03G,G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a control unit configured to control operation of the image forming unit; and a storage unit configured to store degeneracy information indicating that a function of the image forming unit is restricted due to degeneracy control being performed, wherein the control unit: (A) stores the degeneracy information into the storage unit based on an error of the image forming unit, (B) accesses the storage unit according to activating from a power saving state in which an electronic power supply to the control unit is stopped, (C) does not execute an initialization operation of the image forming unit in a case where the storage unit stores the degeneracy information, and (D) does execute the initialization operation of the image forming unit in a case where the storage unit does not store the degeneracy information.