Patent ID: 9007605
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image formation apparatus comprising: an image reading control unit configured to control a scanner that reads an image of an original; and a print control unit configured to control a print engine that prints an image on a sheet, wherein the print control unit includes the image reading control unit includes wherein the image reading control unit is configured to cut off the communications through the second communication control unit upon completion of a process to transition to a power save mode in accordance with an instruction from the print control unit, wherein the print control unit is configured to send the image reading control unit the instruction to transition to the power save mode through the first communication control unit, and thereafter to detect the cutoff of the communications and then cut off the power supply to the image reading control unit through the power supply control unit in response to detecting the cutoff of the communications, wherein the first communication control unit is configured to detect the cutoff of the communications when receiving no response to a state check command instruction sent to the second communication control unit.