Image forming system and image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming apparatus with a plurality of modes concerning power consumption, said image forming apparatus being capable of wirelessly transmitting information that there is a waiting job;
a portable terminal which is capable of receiving said information transmitted wirelessly from said image forming apparatus;
a position detector which detects a position of said portable terminal; and
a mode switcher which switches from one mode concerning power consumption of said image forming apparatus to another in accordance with said position of said portable terminal which received said information.
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Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus which can wirelessly transmit information that there is a waiting job and has a plurality of modes concerning power consumption, a portable terminal which can receive the information transmitted from the image forming apparatus, a position detector which detects a position of the portable terminal, and a mode switcher which switches from one mode concerning power consumption of the image forming apparatus to another in accordance with the position of the portable terminal which received the information. The position detector detects the distance between a user carrying the portable terminal and the image forming apparatus. Based on the distance data at the time when the portable terminal received the information that there is a document waiting for being outputted by the image forming apparatus, the mode concerning power consumption of the image forming apparatus is switched by the mode switcher.
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26 Claims
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1. An image forming system, comprising:
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an image forming apparatus with a plurality of modes concerning power consumption, said image forming apparatus being capable of wirelessly transmitting information that there is a waiting job;
a portable terminal which is capable of receiving said information transmitted wirelessly from said image forming apparatus;
a position detector which detects a position of said portable terminal; and
a mode switcher which switches from one mode concerning power consumption of said image forming apparatus to another in accordance with said position of said portable terminal which received said information.
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2. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a transmitter which is capable of wirelessly transmitting job-existence-information that there is an output-waiting-job to a portable terminal;
a receiver which receives reply-information replying to said job-existence-information transmitted wirelessly from said portable terminal;
a position detector which detects a position of said portable terminal whose reply-information is received by said receiver; and
a mode switcher which switches from one mode concerning power consumption to another based on said position of said portable terminal detected by said position detector. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a printer which prints a print job on a paper;
a communication device which communicates wirelessly with a prescribed portable terminal when there is a print job waiting for being printed by said printer;
a position detector which detects a position of said portable terminal based on a communication result of said communication device; and
a mode selector which selects one mode from a plurality of modes concerning power consumption of said printer based on said position of said portable terminal detected by said position detector. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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17. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a job-output device which outputs a job;
a communication device which communicates wirelessly with a prescribed portable terminal when there is an output-waiting-job waiting to be outputted from said job-output device;
a position detector which detects a position of said portable terminal based on a communication result of said communication device; and
a controller which controls said image forming apparatus based on said position of said portable terminal detected by said position detector.
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25. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a printing device which prints a print job on a paper;
a communication device which communicates wirelessly with a prescribed portable terminal when there is a print job waiting for being printed by said printing device;
a position detecting device which detects a position of said portable terminal based on a communication result of said communication device; and
a controller which selects one mode from a plurality of modes concerning power consumption of said printing device based on said position of said portable terminal detected by said position detecting device.
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26. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an output device which outputs a job;
a communication device which communicates wirelessly with a prescribed portable terminal when there is an output-waiting-job waiting for being outputted from said output device;
a position detection device which detects a position of said portable terminal based on a communication result of said communication device; and
a controller which controls said image forming apparatus based on said position of said portable terminal detected by said position detection device.
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