# US 10,481,851 B2 · Image forming apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory recording medium for storing computer readable program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,851 B2 - Document ID: US10481851B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/657,394 - Filed: 2017-07-24 - Published: 2018-02-01 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-01 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Kazuhiro Tomiyasu; Hiroaki Sugimoto; Tomoko Maruyama; Kazuaki Kanai; Yusuke Shinosaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481851B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - G06F 3/048: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] - G06F 3/1271: {Job submission at the printing node, e.g. creating a job from a data stored locally or remotely (G06F3/1238 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00188: {Printing, e.g. prints or reprints (H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence)} - H04N 1/00233: {details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display (using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12)} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N 2201/3222: of processing required or performed, e.g. forwarding, urgent or confidential handling - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image forming apparatus having a function to communicate with a terminal is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal, a print command to print a rasterized image having been stored; a user interface configured to receive, from a user, an execution command to print the rasterized image after the receiver receives the print command; and a printer configured to print the rasterized image after the user interface receives the execution command. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus having a function to communicate with a terminal, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal, a print command to print a rasterized image having been stored in the image forming apparatus; an operating panel configured to receive, from a user, an execution command to print the rasterized image after the receiver receives the print command; a printer configured to print the rasterized image after the operating panel receives the execution command; and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter sends a previous command to print an image to the terminal, the previous command being previously received in the image forming apparatus, the receiver receives, as the print command, the previous command selected by the user, and the printer prints, as the rasterized image, a rasterized image which is printed in accordance with the previous command selected by the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a storage configured to store an image, wherein the rasterized image is stored in the storage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a transmitter configured to inform, when the receiver receives the print command from the terminal, the terminal of a suspended message indicating that execution of printing the rasterized image is suspended. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the receiver is configured to receive, together with the print command, an immediate execution command to conduct printing immediately, when the receiver receives the immediate execution command, the transmitter does not inform the terminal of the suspended message, and when the receiver receives the immediate execution command, the printer prints the rasterized image even if the user interface has not yet received the execution command. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, comprising a hardware processor configured to perform, before the receiver receives the print command, authentication on the user who attempts to log into the image forming apparatus, wherein when the hardware processor performs the authentication successfully, the transmitter does not inform the terminal of the suspended message, and when the hardware processor performs the authentication successfully, the printer prints the rasterized image even if the user interface has not yet received the execution command. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor cancels the print command when the print command has not yet been executed after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the receiver received the print command. ### Claim 7 A printing method used in an image forming apparatus having a function to communicate with a terminal, the method comprising: receiving processing, in the image forming apparatus, of receiving, from the terminal, a print command to print a rasterized image having been stored in the image forming apparatus; execution receiving processing, in the image forming apparatus, of receiving, from a user, an execution command to print the rasterized image after the print command is received in the receiving processing; and print processing, in the image forming apparatus, of printing the rasterized image after the execution command is received in the execution receiving processing, wherein the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform transmission processing of sending a previous command to print an image to the terminal, the previous command being previously received in the image forming apparatus, the receiving processing is to receive, as the print command, the previous command selected by the user, and the print processing is to print, as the rasterized image, a rasterized image which is printed in accordance with the previous command selected by the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A non-transitory recording medium for storing a computer readable program used in a computer, the computer causing the image forming apparatus to perform the printing method according to claim 7. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a storage configured to store an image therein, and the rasterized image is stored in the storage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8, wherein, when the print command is received from the terminal in the receiving processing, the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform informing processing of informing the terminal of a suspended message indicating that execution of printing the rasterized image is suspended. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 10, wherein when, in the receiving processing, an immediate execution command to conduct printing immediately is received together with the print command, the computer does not cause the image forming apparatus to perform the informing processing, and when, in the receiving processing, the immediate execution command is received, even if the execution command has not yet been received in the execution receiving processing, the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform the print processing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform authentication processing of performing, before the print command is received in the receiving processing, authentication on the user who attempts to log into the image forming apparatus, when the authentication is performed successfully in the authentication processing, the informing step is not performed, and when the authentication is performed successfully in the authentication processing, the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform the print processing even if the execution command has not yet been received in the execution receiving processing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the computer causes the image forming apparatus to perform cancel processing of canceling the print command when the print command has not yet been executed after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the receiver received the print command. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a mobile terminal.