Patent ID: 9118791
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which is communicably connected to an external image forming apparatus using a LAN (Local Area Network) and which performs an image process in cooperation with the external image forming apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive data from an external device through a network; a power supply switch configured to become either an on state or an off state in accordance with an operation by a user; a power control unit configured to, in a case where the receiving unit receives the data from the external device or in a case where the power supply switch becomes the on state in accordance with the operation by the user, return a power state of the information processing apparatus from a power saving state; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the image forming apparatus via the LAN, a start instruction for starting the image forming apparatus so as to return a power state of the image forming apparatus from a power saving state, wherein (1) in the case where the receiving unit receives the data from the external device, the power control unit returns the power state of the information processing apparatus from the power saving state, and the transmitting unit transmits the start instruction to the image forming apparatus via the LAN so as to return the power state of the image forming apparatus from the power saving state, and (2) in the case where the power supply switch becomes the on state in accordance with the operation by the user, the power control unit returns the power state of the information processing apparatus from the power saving state, but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus.