Communication system capable of reducing power consumption, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeppei Hasegawa
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeppei Hasegawa
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A communication system capable of more efficiently reducing power consumption. The communication system causes a DFE to shift from a power-saving mode to a normal mode based on a notification received from an MFP. A CPU of the MFP identifies a factor having caused the MFP to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode. The CPU determines based on the identified factor whether or not to cause the DFE to shift from the power-saving mode to the normal mode. The CPU notifies, based on determination to cause the DFE to shift from the power-saving mode to the normal mode, an instruction for causing the DFE to shift from the power-saving mode to the normal mode, to the DFE. The DFE shifts from the power-saving mode to the normal mode, based on the notification of the instruction.
A communication system comprising:
An image forming apparatus, operable in a first power mode and a second power mode in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first power mode and greater than power consumption in a power off state, that performs data communication with an image processing apparatus operable in a third power mode and a fourth power mode in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the third power mode, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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