Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMichiaki KONNO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form an image on a sheet, an interface to which an external equipment is connected, and a detection element to detect a physical change when the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a CPU that releases a power saving mode when it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a controller to control communication with the external equipment and a CPU that inhibits power supply to the controller until it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming section to form an image on a sheet;
- an interface to which an external equipment is connected;
- and
- a detection element to detect a physical change when the external equipment is connected to the interface.
A control method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- outputting, by a detection element, a detection signal indicating that an external equipment is connected to an interface of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- releasing setting of a power saving mode by a CPU that receives an input of the detection signal.
A control method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- outputting, by a detection element, a detection signal indicating that an external equipment is connected to an interface of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- inhibiting, by a CPU, power supply to a controller to control communication with the external equipment until an input of the detection signal is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.