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Image forming apparatus displaying print data storage duration and method thereof

A technology of duration and print data, applied in permanent visual display devices, printing devices, digital output to printing units, etc., can solve the problem of deleting print data, inability to easily view the remaining duration of print data, and inability to identify print data storage. Duration, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-13
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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Therefore, the user cannot conveniently check the remaining duration of each print data
Also, in the case where there are a plurality of print data that have been printed at least once, the user cannot recognize which print data storage duration has reached the expiration time
Unfortunately this resulted in some print data being accidentally deleted

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[0030] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described herein below with reference now to the drawings.

[0031] figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of an exemplary image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It can be seen from this figure that the image forming apparatus includes a storage unit 110 , a computing unit 120 , a graphics processing unit 130 , a display unit 140 , a control unit 150 and a timer 160 .

[0032] The storage unit 110 stores print data that has been printed at least once and information about their retention duration telling how long the print data will be stored in the image forming apparatus. The retention duration may be arbitrarily set by the user, or automatically set as a predetermined default value for all print data. Also, the information on the retention duration includes on the start time of data storage, that is, the precise point in time when the storage of print data i...

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An image forming apparatus and method are provided for displaying the duration of print data storage, and include a storage unit for storing information about retention durations of previously printed data, a computing unit for computing a remaining duration for the print data based on the information on the retention duration and computing a ratio of the remaining duration to the retention duration, a graphic processing unit for generating a predetermined graphic image corresponding to the ratio provided by the computing unit, and a display unit for displaying the graphic image generated by the graphic processing unit. Accordingly, a user can easily check the duration of print data storage.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to an image forming apparatus and method thereof for displaying a duration of print data storage. In detail, the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and a method thereof for displaying a remaining duration with respect to a retention duration specified for each print data of a graphic image. Background technique [0002] Advances in electronics and the proliferation of computers have led to widespread developments in computer peripherals. Such computer peripherals include external devices for facilitating the use of a computer. Image forming devices such as scanners, printers, and combination (multifunction) machines are good examples thereof. [0003] Among them, a printer can be said to be the most representative computer peripheral device. While many manufacturers have focused heavily on the development of low-cost, high-quality printers, a wide variety of printer models are now availabl...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G03G15/00G03G21/14G06F3/12B41J29/38
CPCG06K15/005G06K15/00
Inventor 金秉旭
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD