Patent ID: 8792799
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a first control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus; a second control unit configured to control the image forming unit based on control of the first control unit; and a signal output unit configured to output a control signal to the image forming unit in a state that power supply to the first control unit is stopped, wherein when power supply to the image forming unit is started, (a) in a case where the control signal is output from the signal output unit to the image forming unit, the image forming unit operates in a first mode in a state that power in not supplied to the first control unit, and (b) in a case where the control signal is not output from the signal output unit to the image forming unit, the image forming unit operates in a second mode.