Patent ID: 7130940

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an interface apparatus; an image forming apparatus connected to the interface apparatus; and a control portion, which controls operations of the interface apparatus and the image forming apparatus, the control portion performing control of: after a speed, a class and a device ID is established between the interface apparatus and a personal computer, checking that the class is a printer; when the personal computer determines that a print command is issued by a user operation, transmitting GET_PORT_STATUS to the interface apparatus as an operation of a printer driver according to the user's print command; when the interface apparatus receives GET_PORT_STATUS from a USB interface as an operation of an operating program of a ROM, returning at least one of Busy, nFault and Copy Error, which are returns to GET_PORT_STATUS; determining whether a printer is set to a power saving mode from a state of a signal line of a parallel port; when the personal computer detects that the printer is set to the power saving mode from at least one of PError, nAck, Busy, nFault and Select which are responses to GET_PORT STATUS, requesting, from the interface apparatus, restoration to a standby state from wait information in the power saving mode by means of a SOFT_RESET command; when the interface apparatus detects the SOFT_RESET command, generating an nInit pulse and supplying it to the printer; and switching the printer from the power saving mode to a normal mode by the nInit pulse, and transmitting a print command and image information for printing to the printer in the personal computer as an operation of the printer driver.