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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Yohsuke Utoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Soyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Genki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Utoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Soyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Genki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.