Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, program and image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichi UTSUMI, Shinichi CHIBA
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with an external apparatus, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing by a printing unit, the external apparatus is notified of the cancel of the specific copy job, and printing based on processed image data received by a reception unit is canceled.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with an external apparatus, comprising:
- an accepting unit that accepts an execution instruction of the specific copy job;
- a reading unit that reads a document to generate image data;
- a transmission unit that, when said accepting unit receives the execution instruction of the specific copy job, transmits the image data generated by said reading unit to the external apparatus;
- a reception unit that receives, from the external apparatus, processed image data obtained by causing the external apparatus to process the image data transmitted by said transmission unit;
- a printing unit that prints an image on a printing material based on the processed image data received by said reception unit;
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- a cancel unit that, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing by said printing unit, notifies the external apparatus of the cancel of the specific copy job and cancels the printing based on the processed image data received by said reception unit.
An image forming system comprising an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with the information processing apparatus,
- the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an accepting unit that accepts an execution instruction of the specific copy job;
- a reading unit that reads a document to generate image data;
- a transmission unit that, when said accepting unit receives the execution instruction of the specific copy job, transmits the image data generated by said reading unit to the information processing apparatus;
- a reception unit that receives, from the information processing apparatus, processed image data obtained by causing the information processing apparatus to process the image data transmitted by said transmission unit;
- a printing unit that prints an image on a printing material based on the processed image data received by said reception unit;
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- a first cancel unit that, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing by said printing unit, notifies the information processing apparatus of the cancel of the specific copy job and cancels the printing based on the processed image data received by said reception unit, and
- the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a second cancel unit that, when notified of the cancel of the specific copy job by said first cancel unit, cancels execution of the specific copy job and deletes information concerning the specific copy job.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with an external apparatus, comprising:
- causing an accepting unit to accept an execution instruction of the specific copy job;
- causing a reading unit to read a document to generate image data;
- causing a transmission unit to, when the execution instruction of the specific copy job is received in the causing the accepting unit to accept the execution instruction, transmit the image data generated in the causing the reading unit to read the document to the external apparatus;
- causing a reception unit to receive, from the external apparatus, processed image data obtained by causing the external apparatus to process the image data transmitted in the causing the transmission unit to transmit the image data;
- causing a printing unit to print an image on a printing material based on the processed image data received in the causing the reception unit to receive the processed image data;
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- causing a cancel unit to, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing in the causing the printing unit to print, notify the external apparatus of the cancel of the specific copy job and cancel the printing based on the processed image data received in the causing the reception unit to receive the processed image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.