Information processing apparatus, information processing system, controlling method thereof, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideaki Ooba
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image processing controller which can, even if the image processing controller is in a power saving state, return from the power saving state in response to data transmitted from an image forming apparatus, transfer the data to a network, shift to the power saving state without wasted motion after termination of the transfer of the data, and thus achieve power saving without impairing convenience.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus, generating raster image data in response to a print request received from an external apparatus, and transmitting the generated raster image data to the image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive a packet from the image forming apparatus through a network;
- and
- a controlling unit configured to, in a case where the packet received by the receiving unit is a packet addressed to another apparatus different from the information processing apparatus, return the information processing apparatus from a power saving state.
An information processing system which comprises an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the image forming apparatus, generating raster image data in response to a print request received from an external apparatus, and transmitting the generated raster image data to the image forming apparatus, wherein
- the information processing apparatus comprises:
- a receiving unit configured to receive a packet from the image forming apparatus through a network;
- and
- a controlling unit configured to, in a case where the packet received by the receiving unit is a packet addressed to another apparatus different from the information processing apparatus, return the information processing apparatus from a power saving state.
A controlling method of an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus, generating raster image data in response to a print request received from an external apparatus, and transmitting the generated raster image data to the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a packet from the image forming apparatus through a network;
- and
- returning, in a case where the received packet is a packet addressed to another apparatus different from the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus from a power saving state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.