Patent ID: 7755779
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus connected to a server apparatus and a client computer via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising an image forming unit for image formation, and having a standby mode, and an energy-saving mode in which less electric power is consumed than in the standby mode, wherein waiting time to restart image formation from the standby mode is shorter than that from the energy-saving mode, and the image forming apparatus further comprising: a detecting device that periodically detects a status of the image forming apparatus; a receiving device that receives from the client computer an inquiry about a status of the image forming apparatus; and a first control device configured to, a second control device configured to output to said first control device a command for resuming from the halt state, in a case where there is any change between wherein said first control device transmits the latest status to the server apparatus, after resuming from the halt state responding to the command output by said second control device, and thereafter shifts back to the halt state, without the image forming apparatus shifting to the standby mode.