Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasamichi Tanji, Hiroto Tsujii
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Abstract
When the start of a job is instructed, information indicating the start of the job is transmitted to an external apparatus, and the external apparatus receives and processes the transmitted job in response to the information. If another job is received during that time period, execution of that other job is restricted.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus capable of executing a specified copy job in which copy processing is performed cooperatively with an external apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acceptance unit that accepts an instruction to execute the specified copy job;
- a reading unit that generates image data by reading an original;
- a transmission unit that transmits the image data generated by the reading unit to the external apparatus if the acceptance unit has accepted the instruction to execute the specified copy job;
- a reception unit that receives, from the external apparatus, processed image data obtained by the external apparatus performing processing on the image data transmitted by the transmission unit;
- a print unit that prints an image on a recording material based on the processed image data that has been received by the reception unit;
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- a restriction unit that restricts printing of other image data that has been received between when the transmission unit transmits the image data to the external apparatus and when the reception unit receives the processed image data.
A control method of controlling an image forming apparatus capable of executing a specified copy job in which copy processing is performed cooperatively with an external apparatus, the method comprising:
- an acceptance step of accepting an instruction to execute the specified copy job;
- a reading step of generating image data by reading an original;
- a transmission step of transmitting the image data generated in the reading step to the external apparatus if the instruction to execute the specified copy job has been accepted in the acceptance step;
- a reception step of receiving, from the external apparatus, processed image data obtained by the external apparatus performing processing on the image data transmitted in the transmission step;
- a print step of printing an image on a recording material based on the processed image data that has been received in the reception step;
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- a restriction step of restricting printing of other image data that has been received between when the image data is transmitted to the external apparatus in the transmission step and when the processed image data is received in the reception step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.