Patent ID: 9262102
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image processing apparatus configured to generate and transmit image data based on a printing request by receiving the printing request from an information processing apparatus; and an image forming apparatus configured to execute printing based on the image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store status information of the image forming apparatus, a return unit configured to return a state of the image processing apparatus from a power saving state in which at least power is supplied to a first communication unit for receiving data transmitted from the information processing apparatus in a case where the image processing apparatus detects a predetermined condition, and a request unit configured to transmit a request for acquiring the status information of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus in a case where the return unit returns the image processing apparatus from the power saving state, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit the status information of the image forming apparatus to the image processing apparatus based on the request transmitted by the request unit, and wherein the image processing apparatus further includes an update unit configured to, in response to the image processing apparatus detecting a change or changes in the status information of the image forming apparatus, update the status information stored in the storage unit by using the status information of the image forming apparatus transmitted by the transmission unit.