Image forming apparatus to reduce power consumption, control method for the same and recording medium

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PATENT NO 9531899
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14712232

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In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a plurality of blocks configured to be capable of executing a plurality of jobs; a power supply control section configured to control the feeding of electric power to the plurality of blocks; an authentication section configured to authenticate a user; a storage section configured to store use frequency information of each of the plurality of jobs generated based on the information when the user executes the jobs; and a control section configured to acquire the use frequency information of the user authenticated by the authentication section from the storage section, and control to feed, when there is a job of which the acquired use frequency is higher than a given frequency, electric power to only the blocks that are required to execute the job.

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  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA;TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Morizumi, Kenta Fuji Shizuoka, JP 9 17

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