IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANAGING ENERGY SAVING STATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a network interface and circuitry. The network interface is configured to connect to a server and an information processing apparatus through a network. The circuitry is configured to set either one of a first connection mode and a second connection mode, execute a browser in the second connection mode, to cause the browser to receive from a web application via a network port an instruction for controlling image formation by the image forming apparatus, and to control the image forming apparatus to form the image in accordance with the instruction received from the web application, in the second connection mode, close a network port other than the network port that is used for communication with the web application, and in the first communication mode, controlling the image formation based on a print job data transmitted from the information processing apparatus.