Patent ID: 9693182
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a near field communication portion which includes a nonvolatile memory storing information and which performs near field communication with an external communication terminal; and a processing portion which is connected to the near field communication portion such that the processing portion can communicate with the near field communication portion and which performs start-up processing for starting up the image forming apparatus, wherein the nonvolatile memory stores log output control information indicating whether or not an output of log information on the start-up processing to the near field communication portion is allowed, the processing portion checks the log output control information when the start-up processing is started, and when the output of the log information is allowed, the processing portion performs the start-up processing while outputting the log information to the near field communication portion whereas when the output of the log information is not allowed, the processing portion performs the start-up processing without outputting the log information to the near field communication and the near field communication portion stores the log information output from the processing portion in the nonvolatile memory.