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Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus

An image and image data technology, applied in the field of image forming apparatus and controlling the image forming apparatus, can solve the problem of users waiting for a long time and the like

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-07
CANON KK
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Specifically, there is a problem that, while the user gives an instruction to perform advanced copying at the front of the MFP, and waits for its completion, another print job from the PC may be interrupted so that its printing is performed, with the result that, The user may continue to wait for a long time until the copy is complete

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[0025] figure 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The following description assumes that the image forming apparatus 100 is capable of communicating with a PC and is a multifunctional peripheral having a scanner function to read a document and a print function to print an image based on print data sent from the PC or image data read using the scanner function. equipment. In addition, the image forming apparatus 100 is also used as a facsimile machine.

[0026] The controller unit 101 controls the printing unit 107 , the reader unit 109 , the console unit 110 , and the line interface 112 . The controller unit 101 includes a CPU 102 , a RAM 103 , a ROM 104 , a printing unit interface 106 , a reader unit interface 108 , a modem (MODEM) 111 , a USB interface 115 , and a network interface 118 , and these units are connected to each other via a system bus 105 . The C...

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[0050] Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described. Note that the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the second embodiment and the network configuration for connection to a PC are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and thus descriptions thereof are omitted.

[0051] A structure can be adopted where the image 3 In step S318 of the shown sequence of advanced copying, image forming apparatus 100 can accept the next job (normal copying, advanced copying, scanning, printing, facsimile transmission, etc.) immediately after transferring the scanned image to PC 117 . In this case, a situation may occur in which a subsequent print job related to advanced copy may be received first while waiting to receive a print job related to the preceding advanced copy (step S321 ). Alternatively, a case may occur in which normal copying is performed while waiting to receive a print job related to advanced c...

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[0062] Next is a description of a third embodiment according to the present invention. Note that the hardware configuration and the network configuration for connection to the PC of the image forming apparatus according to the third embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and thus descriptions thereof are omitted. In the first and second embodiments described above, until the printing of the job related to the advanced copy executed first is completed, the processes for printing the normal copy job and the advanced copy job executed later and the normal print job received later are queued wait. By sequentially outputting printed matter in the order of generated requests in this way, printing processing that does not cause user confusion is realized.

[0063] However, in the advanced copy processing, for example, there are cases where it takes a long time from the start of the advanced copy until its completion, such as a case where image proc...

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Abstract

The invention provides an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus. When the start of a job is instructed, information indicating the start of the job is transmitted to an external apparatus, and the external apparatus receives and processes the transmitted job in response to the information. If another job is received during that time period, execution of that other job is restricted.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a technology for an image forming device and an external device to perform processing in cooperation. Background technique [0002] In recent years, not only has there been fierce price-cutting competition among small-sized image forming devices, but there has also been a demand to further miniaturize such devices and provide these devices with more functions. In order for such an image forming apparatus to provide maximum functionality and performance under the condition of limited hardware resources, a technique for information processing by the image forming apparatus and an external apparatus in cooperation has been proposed. As an example of such technology, there is a technology by which an image forming apparatus and an external device cooperate to perform information processing and image processing, thereby realizing advanced functions (advanced copy functions) that cannot be provided by the image forming appara...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/00G06F3/12
CPCH04N2201/0013G06F3/1211G06F3/1263H04N1/00222G06F3/1285
Inventor 丹治雅道辻井宽澄
Owner CANON KK
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