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US 2014/0153048 A1Published application
Setting Change Control for an Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Sugiyama
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Abstract
Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user).
Claims19
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to:
- detect a request to change a limit on a number of pages allowed to be printed by an image forming apparatus, wherein the request is specific to an entity and includes an identifier corresponding to the entity;
- determine whether print processing for a print job is being executed by the image forming apparatus when the request is detected;
- accept and store the request irrespective of whether a print job is being executed when the request is detected, wherein the request is stored in a manner such that a change to the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on the request is implemented without requiring further user input;
- determine a time at which to change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on whether print processing for a print job is being executed when the request is detected;
- and
- change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed in accordance with the request at the determined time.
3 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory storing instructions and configured to store a limit on a number of pages allowed to be printed;
- and
- a printing device configured to execute print processing of a print job,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the image forming apparatus to:
- detect a request to change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed by the image forming apparatus, wherein the request is specific to an entity and includes an identifier corresponding to the entity;
- determine whether print processing for a print job is being executed by the printing device when the request is detected;
- accept and store the request irrespective of whether a print job is being executed when the request is detected, wherein the request is stored in a manner such that a change to the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on the request is implemented without requiring further user input;
- determine a time at which to change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on whether print processing for a print job is being executed when the request is detected;
- and
- change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed in accordance with the request at the determined time.
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A method comprising:
- detect, by a computing device, a request to change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed by an image forming apparatus, wherein the request is specific to an entity and includes an identifier corresponding to the entity;
- determine, by the computing device, whether print processing for a print job is being executed by the image forming apparatus when the request is detected;
- accept and store the request irrespective of whether a print job is being executed when the request is detected, wherein the request is stored in a manner such that a change to the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on the request is implemented without requiring further user input;
- determine a time at which to change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed based on whether print processing for a print job is being executed when the request is detected;
- and
- change the limit on the number of pages allowed to be printed in accordance with the request at the determined time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.