Image forming apparatus and control method for enabling proper execution of setting and power-off of the image forming apparatus

A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

• designating a power-off task of shutting down the image forming apparatus in a designated period;
• designating a setting task of executing a setting process for setting a setting item of the image forming apparatus in a designated period and a restart process for restarting the image forming apparatus after the setting process;
• controlling execution of the designated power-off task and the designated setting task;
• and
• performing, if the power-off task is designated, control to change processing of the power-off task and the setting task according to whether an end of the designated period of the power-off task reaches a period corresponding to the setting process of the setting task or a period corresponding to the restart process of the setting task, and
• wherein, if the end of the designated period of the power-off task is included in a period between a date and time when the setting process of the setting task is estimated to be completed and a date and time when the image forming apparatus is estimated to be completely restarted by the restart process of the setting task, performing control to execute the setting process of the setting task, cancel the restart process of the setting task, and execute the power-off task.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute a method for controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

• designating a power-off task of shutting down the image forming apparatus in a designated period;
• designating a setting task of executing a setting process for setting a setting item of the image forming apparatus in a designated period and a restart process for restarting the image forming apparatus after the setting process;
• controlling execution of the designated power-off task and the designated setting task;
• and
• performing, if the power-off task is designated, control to change processing of the power-off task and the setting task according to whether an end of the designated period of the power-off task reaches a period corresponding to the setting process of the setting task or a period corresponding to the restart process of the setting task, and
• wherein, if the end of the designated period of the power-off task is included in a period between a date and time when the setting process of the setting task is estimated to be completed and a date and time when the image forming apparatus is estimated to be completely restarted by the restart process of the setting task, performing control to execute the setting process of the setting task, cancel the restart process of the setting task, and execute the power-off task.