Image forming apparatus, program, and information processing apparatus

A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer to perform:

• determining whether to perform preliminary transmission of screen data for configuring an operation screen displayed on a terminal on which operation for an own apparatus is performed, for which an acquisition request has been received from the terminal, to the terminal, and
• in a case where it is determined that preliminary transmission is necessary,
• notifying the terminal that preliminary transmission of the screen data is to be performed;
• instructing a screen data generator that generates the screen data to generate the screen data to be transmitted in preliminary transmission;
• instructing the screen data transmitter to perform preliminary transmission of the generated screen data so as to perform preliminary transmission of the screen data to the terminal via network communication;
• and
• notifying a power supply controller that controls a power supply state of the own apparatus that it is possible to shift the power supply state of the own apparatus to a power saving state so as to cause the power supply controller to shift the power supply state to the power saving state.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a power supply controller that manages and controls a power supply state of an own apparatus;
• a network part that performs network communication from an image forming apparatus to the own apparatus;
• a screen data generator that generates screen data for configuring an operation screen displayed on the image forming apparatus;
• a screen data transmitter that transmits the screen data to the image forming apparatus via the network communication;
• and
• a screen data transmission controller that performs determination as to whether to perform preliminary transmission of the screen data for which an acquisition request has been received from the image forming apparatus, and
• in a case where the screen data transmission controller determines that preliminary transmission is necessary,
• the screen data transmission controller notifies the image forming apparatus that preliminary transmission of the screen data is to be performed, instructs the screen data generator to generate the screen data to be transmitted in preliminary transmission, instructs the screen data transmitter to perform preliminary transmission of the screen data generated by the screen data generator, and together with this, notifies the power supply controller that the power supply state can be shifted to a power saving state so as to cause the power supply controller to shift the power supply state to the power saving state.