Image forming apparatus and driver
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a driver for the image forming apparatus are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a first communication section configured to receive print data; a printing section configured to perform a duplex printing including printing N sheets on first sides thereof and subsequently printing M sheets on second sides thereof, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N; a setting section configured to set the value of N; and a control section configured to control the printing section to perform the duplex printing in accordance with the value of N set by the setting section. The value of N may be set based on a communication speed of the print data when acquired by the acquisition section.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition section configured to acquire print data;
- a printing section configured to perform a duplex printing including printing N sheets on first sides thereof and subsequently printing M sheets on second sides thereof, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N;
- a determination section configured to determine the value of N, wherein the determination section determines a smaller value as the value of N, as a communication speed of the print data when acquired by the acquisition section is lower;
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- a control section configured to control the printing section to perform the duplex printing in accordance with the value of N determined by the determination section.
A computer readable medium having a driver stored thereon and readable by a computer, the driver being used for an image forming apparatus configured to perform a duplex printing including printing N sheets on first sides thereof and subsequently printing M sheets on second sides thereof, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N, the driver, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting print data to the image forming apparatus;
- determining the value of N, wherein a smaller value is determined as the value of N, as a transmission speed of the print data is lower;
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- transmitting a print job of duplex printing including information indicating the determined value of N, to the image forming apparatus.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first communication section configured to receive print data;
- a printing section configured to perform a duplex printing including printing N sheets on first sides thereof and subsequently printing M sheets on second sides thereof, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N;
- a setting section configured to set the value of N;
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- a control section configured to control the printing section to perform the duplex printing in accordance with the value of N set by the setting section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.