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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tamotsu Takatani, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printer unit a shift unit that shifts the printing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state when a power supply switch is turned off, and an obtaining unit that obtains predetermined time from the printer unit, wherein, when the power supply switch is turned on, switch-off time from turning-off of the power supply switch is compared to turning-on of the power supply switch with the predetermined time to shift the printing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state with executing initialization processing of the printer unit when the switch-off time is longer than the predetermined time, and the printing apparatus shifts from the second power state to the first power state without executing the initialization processing of the printer unit when the switch-off time is shorter than or equal to the predetermined time.