Image processing apparatus including a standby mode

An image forming apparatus, having

• a standby mode in which the image forming apparatus is ready for executing image processing and a low power consumption mode which consumes lower electric power than the standby mode,
• the image forming apparatus comprising:
• a CPU that implements
• a communication unit configured to be connected to a network through a network interface and to communicate with other devices that are connected to the network;
• a request frequency monitoring unit configured to acquire information indicating the frequency of requests for image processing which have been received by the communication unit;
• a start-up schedule-generating unit configured to generate a start-up schedule of the communication unit according to the information indicating the frequency of the requests which have been acquired by the request frequency monitoring unit;
• and
• a power control unit configured to switch, when the image processing apparatus is in the low power consumption mode, power supply modes for the communication unit in accordance with the start-up schedule that is generated by the start-up schedule-generating unit,
• wherein the start-up schedule-generating unit generates the start-up schedule according to a threshold that is designated in advance and the information indicating the frequency of requests in a period that is designated in advance,
• wherein the power supply mode includes a plurality of power supply modes with different start-up time of the communication unit, and
• wherein the length of each high level period is the same and the length of each low level period is different among the plurality of power supply modes.