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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
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An image forming apparatus is provided on which an application including a first module and a second module is installed. The first module is configured to determine whether to activate the second module based at least on a time set by a user, and activate the second module based on the first module determining to activate the second module. The second module is configured to cause the image forming apparatus to perform printing. In addition, the image forming apparatus includes an activation unit configured to activate the first module without activating the second module, periodically at each elapse of a predetermined time interval. In a case where it is determined that the second module is to be activated before a time when the first module is to be activated next, the first module is configured to set a timing to activate the second module.
An image forming apparatus that stores a first software module that causes the image forming apparatus to execute print process at a time set by a user, the image forming apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus that stores a first software module that causes the image forming apparatus to execute print process at a time set by a user, the method comprising:
A non-volatile storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for controlling an image forming apparatus that stores a first software module that causes the image forming apparatus to execute print process at a time set by a user, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.