Patent ID: 8305598

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus having an image-forming mode during which an image is formed on a recording medium and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is reduced relative to in the image-forming mode, the apparatus comprising: a continuously-powered unit powered in both the image-forming mode and the power-saving mode; and a non-continuously-powered unit powered in the image-forming mode but not in the power-saving mode, wherein the continuously-powered unit includes: a communication unit connected with an external network; a first storage unit storing setting data when the setting data is received from the external network via the communication unit during the power-saving mode, wherein the setting data is for making settings in the continuously-powered unit and non-continuously-powered unit; and a processing unit using the setting data to perform processing when an external operation switches the image-forming apparatus from the power-saving mode to the image-forming mode.