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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiroh Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhisa Kanaya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Doi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Soga, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiroh Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhisa Kanaya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Doi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Soga, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an energy saving mode in an image forming apparatus having hardware resources used in an image forming process and programs for performing the image forming process includes a step of letting the image forming apparatus enter into an energy saving mode in a standby state in which the image forming apparatus is not used, and a step of recovering at least part of functions of the image forming apparatus in response to setting of a data carrier in the image forming apparatus, said data carrier being in a possession of an operator.