It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming
apparatus that achieves reduction in power and resumption time by
selectively resuming a function which a user desires when a storage
medium in which identification information for identifying the user is
stored is exposed so as to perform resumption from the energy saving
state. The image forming apparatus includes: two or more functions of a
copy function, a printer function, a scan function and a FAX function; a
radio communication portion that performs radio communication with a
storage medium in which identification information for identifying a user
is stored; and a control portion that when the radio communication
portion obtains the identification information from the storage medium in
a case where part of the apparatus is in an energy saving state, selects
a function to be resumed from the energy saving state according to an
exposure state in which the storage medium is exposed to the radio
communication portion.