Image forming apparatus, paper management method and computer-readable medium
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorAkihiko NAKAMARU
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores an identifier and a remaining sheet length of a roll sheet after an image formation has been finished; a specifying unit that specifies sheet lengths of pages where images are to be formed based on an image forming instruction, and a number of the pages; a computing unit that calculates a sheet length required for an image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the specified sheet lengths and the specified number of the pages; and a selection unit that selects a roll sheet for the image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the calculated sheet length and the stored remaining sheet length.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit that stores an identifier of a roll sheet that has been used in an image formation and a remaining sheet length thereof after the image formation is finished;
- a specifying unit that analyzes an image forming instruction and that specifies sheet lengths of pages where images are to be formed based on the image forming instruction, and a number of the pages;
- a computing unit that calculates a sheet length required for an image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet lengths and the number of the pages specified by the specifying unit;
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- a selection unit that selects a roll sheet to be used for the image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet length calculated by the computing unit and the remaining sheet length stored in the storage unit.
A sheet management method, the process comprising:
- storing, into a storage unit, an identifier of a roll sheet that has been used in an image formation by an image forming apparatus and a remaining sheet length thereof after the image formation is finished;
- analyzing an image forming instruction given to the image forming apparatus, thereby specifying sheet lengths of pages where images are to be formed based on the image forming instruction and a number of the pages;
- calculating a sheet length required for an image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet lengths and the number of the pages specified in the specifying step;
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- selecting a roll sheet to be used for the image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet length calculated in the calculating step and the remaining sheet length stored in the storage unit.
A computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for a sheet management, the process comprising:
- storing, into a storage unit, an identifier of a roll sheet that has been used in an image formation by an image forming apparatus and a remaining sheet length thereof after the image formation has been finished;
- analyzing an image forming instruction given to the image forming apparatus, thereby specifying sheet lengths of pages where images are to be formed based on the image forming instruction and a number of the pages;
- calculating a sheet length required for an image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet lengths and the number of the pages specified in the specifying step;
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- selecting a roll sheet to be used for the image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the sheet length calculated in the calculating step and the remaining sheet length stored in the storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.