Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShuuichi Kimura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray determination device and a print controller. The discharge tray determination device determines a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus. The print controller divides a print job into print processes and controls print output in response to a sample print output request to cause a print process for sample print output for specifying the discharge tray determined by the discharge tray determination device to interrupt the print job.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus for performing sample print output, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a discharge tray determination device configured to determine a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a print controller configured to divide a print job into print processes and control print output in response to a sample print output request to cause a print process for sample print output for specifying a discharge tray determined by the discharge tray determination device to interrupt a print job.
An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming apparatus configured to print a sample image on a transfer member;
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- a post-processing device configured to receive the transfer member bearing the sample image sent from the image forming apparatus,
- the post-processing device comprising a discharge tray configured to receive the transfer member bearing the sample image,
- the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a discharge tray determination device configured to determine a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a print controller configured to divide a print job into print processes and control print output in response to a sample print output request to cause a print process for sample print output for specifying a discharge tray determined by the discharge tray determination device to interrupt a print job.
A machine-readable recording medium for storing a machine-executable program for operating an image forming apparatus for performing sample print output, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a discharge tray determination device configured to determine a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a print controller configured to divide a print job into print processes and control print output in response to a sample print output request to cause a print process for sample print output for specifying a discharge tray determined by the discharge tray determination device to interrupt a print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.