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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Suetani, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided that can promptly make a transition to a sleep state without acquiring data of a part counter from an engine controller, power supply to which is stopped. The image forming apparatus includes a printer unit, and a controller unit that acquires, from the printer unit, data of a parts counter of at least one of a plurality of parts of the printer unit. The controller unit determines whether communication with the printer unit is performable when a sleep transition factor is received that transitions the image forming apparatus to the sleep state. Further, when the controller unit determines that communication with the printer unit is performable, the controller unit acquires the data of the part counter of the at least one of the parts of the printer unit.