JP2008149493A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (11)

An image forming unit that executes image formation; and a control unit that controls the image forming unit based on an image formation request received from a higher-level configuration;
When the image forming operation has not been received from the upper configuration after the completion of the image forming operation, the control unit waits for a predetermined time while the image forming unit is started up. An image forming mechanism characterized in that, when a standby operation is executed and the image formation request is received, control is performed to cause the image forming unit to perform image formation.   The image forming mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on accumulated information of image processing time by the higher-level configuration.   The image forming mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time can be arbitrarily set.   The image forming mechanism according to claim 1, wherein presence / absence of the stand-by standby operation can be switched.   An image forming apparatus comprising the image forming mechanism according to claim 1.   The image processing control unit further generates an image forming data by performing image processing on the image data received from the host device, and the image processing control unit executes the image processing before the image processing of the received image data is completed. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image forming mechanism is notified of information relating to a time required for processing.   The image processing control unit notifies the image forming mechanism of time information required for image processing of the received image data when a time required for image processing of the received image data is longer than a predetermined time. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the image forming mechanism determines the predetermined time based on time information required for the received image processing.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the image forming mechanism is capable of switching presence / absence of the stand-by standby operation based on the received time information required for image processing. An image forming mechanism control method included in an image forming apparatus,
When an image formation request to be executed next is not received from the higher-level configuration after the image forming operation is completed, a stand-by standby operation is performed to wait for a predetermined time while the image forming unit is started up. An image forming mechanism control method comprising causing an image forming unit to perform image formation when the image forming request is received . The time information required for generating image forming data related to the image forming operation to be executed is received, and whether or not to execute the stand-by standby operation is switched based on the received time information. Control method of the image forming mechanism.