Patent ID: 8934126
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An image processing controller that performs image processing in cooperation with an image forming apparatus capable of shifting to a power saving state, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a status of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine, in a case where the image processing controller receives a job from an external apparatus when the image forming apparatus is in the power saving state, whether or not to cause the image forming apparatus to return from the power saving state, based on the status of the image forming apparatus acquired by said acquisition unit; a storage unit configured to store the job in a case where it is determined by said determination unit that there is no need to cause the image forming apparatus to return from the power saving state; and a transmission unit configured to transmit raster image data generated based on the job stored in said storage unit to the image forming apparatus, when the image forming apparatus has returned from the power saving state, wherein said transmission unit is configured to transmit raster image data generated based on the received job to the image forming apparatus, in a case where it is determined by said determination unit that there is need to cause the image forming apparatus to return from the power saving state.