US 11,119,714 B2 · Communication method having a plurality of connection establishment methods between image forming apparatus and communication device

Abstract

In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus communicating with a communication device and printing a received image data, comprising:

a wireless communicator;
a noncontact communicator;
an operational panel that accepts a user's operation;
and
a control section that sets a first communication connection setting of activating a noncontact communication based on the user's operation accepted by the operational panel to connect based on the noncontact communication or connecting based on identification information or sets a second communication connection setting of disabling the noncontact communication based on the user's operation accepted by the operational panel to connect based on the identification information without connecting based on the noncontact communication;
wherein a wireless communication with the communication device is performed using the wireless communicator based on an IEEE 802.11 standard, regardless of whether the wireless communication is performed in the first communication connection setting or the wireless communication is performed in the second communication connection setting.

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Communication method having a plurality of connection establishment methods between image forming apparatus and communication device

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Communication method having a plurality of connection establishment methods between image forming apparatus and communication device

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