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US 8,711,388 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus and warming up method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSan-jin Lee, Gun-il Lee, Seung-kyoon Shin
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Abstract
A controlling method of an image forming apparatus includes receiving a wake up command for the image forming apparatus in a power save mode; confirming prestored authority of a user to use a plurality of operations of the image forming apparatus; and selectively performing warming up for at least one operation of the image forming apparatus according to the authority of the user.
Claims20
A controlling method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a wake up command for the image forming apparatus in a power save mode;
- confirming prestored authority of a user to use a plurality of operations of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- selectively performing warming up for at least one operation of the image forming apparatus confirmed as being authorized for the user;
- wherein the wake up command is performed for a selected at least one operation while maintaining the power save mode for the non-selected operations wherein the authority of the user is corresponding to a usage right for one of a plurality of registered user account, the usage right is set for each of the plurality of registered user account.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a user interface to receive a wake up command for the image forming apparatus in a power save mode;
- a storage unit to store an authority of a user to use a plurality of operations of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a controller to selectively perform warming up for at least one operation of the image forming apparatus confirmed as being authorized for the user;
- wherein the controller performs the wake up command for a selected at least one operation while maintaining the power save mode for the non-selected operations wherein the authority of the user is corresponding to a usage right for one of a plurality of registered user account, the usage right is set for each of the plurality of registered user account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.