Patent ID: 7203432

Claim:
A job processing apparatus, comprising: a job executing section for executing a job according to a command including job data; an operating section for outputting a command to the job executing section based on an input operation of an operator; an interface section connected to external devices for outputting a command to the job executing section; and a control section for shifting the job processing apparatus from a normal operation mode to a power-saving operation mode after a lapse of standby time T during which no command input to the job executing section is detected and for returning the job processing apparatus from the power-saving operation mode to the normal operation mode when a command input to the job executing section is detected in the power-saving operation mode, wherein the control section applies standby time T 1 instead of the standby time T if a last job executed by the job executing section is according to job data input through the interface section, the standby time T 1 being shorter than the standby time T.