Image forming apparatus and printer control method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasaru Kaneko
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printer control unit that converts received print data into job data that can be printed on a recording medium; and an engine control unit that receives the job data from the printer control unit, performs a printing operation corresponding to the job data, and upon finishing the printing operation, starts an ending sequence for ending an image forming process. Upon finishing the printing operation, the engine control unit determines whether the printer control unit is in processing next print data to be printed out, and if it is determined that the printer control unit is in processing the next print data, maintains a printing status without starting the ending sequence.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus that receives print data from outside, and prints out received print data as a printed matter, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printer control unit that converts the received print data into job data that can be printed on a recording medium;
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- an engine control unit that receives the job data from the printer control unit, performs a printing operation corresponding to the job data, and upon finishing the printing operation, starts an ending sequence for ending an image forming process, wherein
- upon finishing the printing operation, the engine control unit determines whether the printer control unit is in processing next print data to be printed out, and if it is determined that the printer control unit is in processing the next print data, maintains a printing status without starting the ending sequence.
A printer control method including receiving print data from outside and printing out received print data as a printed matter, the printer control method comprising:
- converting the received print data into job data that can be printed on a recording medium;
- and
- receiving the job data from the printer control unit and performing a printing operation corresponding to the job data;
- upon finishing the printing operation, determining whether next print data is being processed at the converting, if next print data is not being processed at the converting, then starting an ending sequence for ending an image forming process, and if next print data is being processed at the converting, then maintaining a printing status without starting the ending sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.