Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Takashi Soyama

Yohsuke Utoh

Genki Watanabe

Kazuki Yoshida

Mina Tsukahara

Yuji Ikeda

Osamu Kizaki

Shingo Ohta

Hiroki Asakimori

Takahiko Uno

Ken Norota

Junji Ukegawa

Yoshimine Horiuchi

Shuuichi Kimura

Soichi Nakamura

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to shift to an energy saving mode in which predetermined functions are inactivated. The processor includes a detection unit that detects a shutdown operation in the energy saving mode of the information processing apparatus, an operation reception unit that displays, when the shutdown operation is detected, a screen in which a user is prompted to determine whether performance of a shutdown process is to be continued, the operation reception unit receiving an operation through the screen, and a shutdown unit that performs the shutdown process when an operation to continue performance of the shutdown process is received through the screen.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium, configured to perform shutdown process in energy saving mode

An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to process an image; an input unit configured to input a start-up instruction to the image processing unit; a detection unit configured to detect that a first electric power is supplied in a case where a supply cable is connected to an electrical outlet in a state of separation of the cable from the outlet; a first non-volatile storage unit and a second volatile storage unit configured to store first and second values, respectively, the first and second values indicating whether being in a valid state for receiving the start-up instruction; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first value indicates the valid state and is different from the second value; and a control unit configured to restrict a second electric power supplied to the image processing unit, and to bring the image processing apparatus into the valid state.

Image processing apparatus, control method and recording medium, to control display of state or setting information

An image forming apparatus includes a reception part that receives, from a request part connected via a network, a power supply stop request that designates at least one of a plurality of power supply stop modes for stopping power supply in the image forming apparatus; a selection part that selects, when stopping the power supply in the image forming apparatus is not allowed in the designated power supply stop mode, power supply stop modes from the plurality of power supply stop modes in each of which stopping the power supply in the image forming apparatus is allowed; and a notification part that notifies the request part of the power supply stop mode selected by the selection part.

Image forming apparatus and power supply control system

An image forming apparatus configured to execute image forming process by using hardware resources. The image forming apparatus includes a processor that executes application software including an image forming process, the application software causing display of one or more display screens. The image forming apparatus includes a display processing unit configured to display one of the one or more display screens on a display, a memory configured to store in association with each display screen, a power status indicating whether each of the hardware resources should be provided power during display of the display screen, a power status determining unit configured to determine which hardware resource should be provided power among the hardware resources, based on the displayed display screen and the power status stored in the memory, and a power control unit configured to provide power to the determined hardware resources.

Image forming apparatus, power control method, and storage medium

An image forming apparatus includes an engine configured to perform image formation; an engine control unit configured to control the engine; an apparatus control unit configured to control the whole of the apparatus; a storage unit; and a state management unit configured to set the apparatus to a power-saving mode in which the apparatus control unit and the storage unit are supplied with power while the engine, and the engine control unit are not supplied with power when a main power supply is turned on. When the apparatus is set to the power-saving mode, the apparatus control unit reads out second engine information that represents a configuration of the engine from the storage unit and performs a start-up process on the apparatus control unit on the basis of the second engine information.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes multiple application modules configured to perform image processing including scanning, printing, and copying of an image; multiple service modules configured to perform an image forming operation and to control the image forming apparatus; a nonvolatile configuration information storage part configured to contain first configuration information of the application modules and the service modules; a configuration information comparison part configured to read second configuration information of the application modules and the service modules and compare the first configuration information and the second configuration information before starting the application modules and the service modules; and a notification part configured to notify the manager of the image forming apparatus of the difference between the first configuration information and the second configuration information in response to detection of the difference.

Image forming apparatus capable of managing configuration information of multiple modules

The collaboration among the image forming devices is practiced on the computer network for efficiently utilizing the printing resources. When a large print job is requested, the parent image forming device seeks an appropriate child image forming device to share the same print job during a predetermined collaboration process. To minimize the waste and maximize the productivity during the collaboration process, the parent device ascertains that the child device is able to complete a part of the collaboration print job before the corresponding image data is transferred from the parent device to the child device. One of the resources that the parent device ascertains is the available memory amount at the child device for the image data to be transferred. If a sufficient amount of memory is not available at the child device, the image data is transferred to prevent an incomplete collaboration task at the child device. In addition, other resources such as paper and toner are also monitored in conjunction with the memory. Furthermore, the parent and child device monitor each other for completing a collaboration print job so that the collaboration print job is completed in the most efficient manner.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Soyama