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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Eguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a memory configured to store identification information identifying an information terminal device and mode information indicating a mode corresponding to the information terminal device in association with each other; a communication interface configured to receive from the information terminal device a wireless signal including identification information that is stored in the information terminal device and identifies the information terminal device, and determine an intensity of the received wireless signal; and a controller configured to, when determining that the determined intensity of the received wireless signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined intensity, read from the memory the mode information corresponding to the identification information included in the received wireless signal, and set the image forming apparatus to the mode indicated by the read mode information.