Image forming apparatus and control method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKimihiko Hiyoshi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage device and a processing circuit. The storage device is configured to store a malfunction log in the image forming apparatus. The processing circuit is configured to control, if a job includes an operation relating to the malfunction log, a start timing of at least one of the operation and a next operation following the operation in the job.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage configured to store a malfunction log relating to the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control, when a job includes an operation relating to the malfunction log, a start timing of at least one of the operation or a next operation following the operation in the job.
A control method of an image forming apparatus communicating with a server that stores a malfunction log in an other image forming apparatus different from the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- processing, based on communication with the server, whether a job includes an operation relating to the malfunction log;
- and
- controlling, when the job includes the operation relating to the malfunction log, a start timing of at least one of the operation or a next operation following the operation in the job.
A method of operating an image forming apparatus comprising a storage configured to store a malfunction log relating to the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling, when a job includes an operation relating to the malfunction log, a start timing of at least one of the operation or a next operation following the operation in the job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.