Image forming apparatus performing function related to external apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTetsuya Sugimoto
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Abstract
A USB memory stores, as function information, a function of processing a document and a place where the document is registered. An MFP includes a read unit for reading function information from the USB memory inserted into the MFP, a specifying unit for specifying required information from among the function information, an acquisition unit for accessing a server with the use of the specified information to acquire a target document to be processed, a setting unit for making a setting for performing a PullPrint function, which corresponds to the aforementioned function, with the use of the information, and a print control unit for executing a process for printing the acquired document on the basis of the setting made by the setting unit.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a connection unit into and from which an external memory is inserted and removed, said external memory storing function information including information regarding a document, information for specifying an external apparatus having said document registered therein, and information for specifying a function related to said external apparatus for processing said document, as well as parameters;
- a read unit to read said function information from said external memory;
- and
- an execution unit to execute a process for said document with the use of said function on the basis of said function information.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- detecting insertion of an external memory into said image forming apparatus, said external memory storing function information including information regarding a document, information for specifying an external apparatus having said document registered therein, and information for specifying a function related to said external apparatus for processing said document, as well as parameters;
- reading said function information from said external memory;
- specifying said external apparatus and said document on the basis of said function information;
- and
- executing a process for said document with the use of said function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.