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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Yuichi Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Kawashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Keita Sakakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Kawashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Keita Sakakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request.