Image forming apparatus with improved convenience of Internet facsimile and program product causing computer controlling the image forming apparatus to execute print notifying function
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTatsuro Asano, Hiroyasu Ito, Hiroaki Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Atsumi
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Abstract
Data type of data attached to a first e-mail received by using an account data is determined, and if the attached data is an image data of a prescribed format, the image data is printed, and a second e-mail notifying completion of printing is transmitted to the destination of the first e-mail.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit storing an account data related to a prescribed destination;
- a communication unit transmitting/receiving an e-mail;
- a control unit determining whether data attached to said e-mail is an image data of a prescribed format or not;
- and
- a printer unit printing an image in accordance with the image data;
- wherein said communication unit receives a first e-mail corresponding to said destination utilizing said account data;
- and
- said control unit determines whether data attached to said first e-mail is an image data of a prescribed format or not and if said attached data is image data of said prescribed format, controls said printer unit such that the image in accordance with the image data is printed, and controls said communication unit such that a second e-mail notifying completion of the print is transmitted to the destination of said first e-mail.
A program product causing a computer controlling an image forming apparatus including a storage unit storing account data related to a prescribed destination and a printer unit for printing data, to execute a print notifying function, causing said computer to execute the steps of:
- receiving a first e-mail corresponding to said destination, utilizing said account data;
- determining whether the data attached to said first e-mail is image data of a prescribed format or not;
- if said attached data is image data of said prescribed format, controlling said printer unit such that an image based on the image data is printed;
- and
- transmitting a second e-mail notifying completion of printing to said destination of the first e-mail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.