Image forming apparatus capable of reducing power consumption, control method therefor, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsManami Hatano, Daisuke Ito
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that uses a Web application and is capable of performing image processing without delay and reducing power consumption. The image forming apparatus communicates with a Web server. A scanner unit reads an image, and a printing unit prints the image. Power is supplied to at least one of the scanner unit and the printing unit. A user interface unit displays an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server, and based on the data, power is supplied selectively to the scanner unit or the printing unit.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus that communicates with a Web server, comprising:
- a reading unit configured to read an image;
- a printing unit configured to print the image;
- a power supply unit configured to supply power to at least one of said reading unit and said printing unit;
- an operating unit configured to display an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server;
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- a control unit configured to, based on the data, provide control as to whether or not to cause said power supply unit to supply power to said reading unit or said printing unit.
A control method for an image forming apparatus that communicates with a Web server and has a reading unit that reads an image and a printing unit that prints the image, comprising:
- a power supply step of supplying power to at least one of the reading unit and the printing unit;
- an operating step of displaying an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server;
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- a control step of, based on the data, providing control as to whether or not to supply power to the reading unit or the printing unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer of an image forming apparatus, which communicates with a Web server and has a reading unit that reads an image and a printing unit that prints the image, to execute a control method for the image forming apparatus, the control method comprising:
- a power supply step of supplying power to at least one of the reading unit and the printing unit;
- an operating step of displaying an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server;
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- a control step of, based on the data, providing control as to whether or not to supply power to the reading unit or the printing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.