Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoto Yuki
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Abstract
When a license for setting a continuous copying speed of an image forming apparatus is installed in the image forming apparatus, a continuous copying speed identified from the license is set as the continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus, which makes a specific function corresponding to a usable license input thereto, the apparatus comprising:
- an installing means configured to install a license for setting a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus;
- a setting means configured to set as a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus, a continuous copying speed specified by the license when the installing means installs the license;
- and
- a control means configured to not permit, in the case where the setting means has not set a continuous copying speed, the image forming apparatus to be activated, and permit, in the case where the setting means has set a continuous copying speed, the image forming apparatus to be activated.
A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus which makes a specific function corresponding to a usable license input thereto, the method comprising:
- a step of installing a license for setting a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus;
- a step of setting as a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus, a continuous copying speed specified by the license when the license is installed;
- a step of not permitting, in the case where a continuous copying speed has not been set, the image forming apparatus to be activated;
- and,
- a step of permitting in the case where a continuous copying speed has been set, the image forming apparatus to be activated.
An image forming apparatus which makes a specific function corresponding to a usable license input thereto, the apparatus comprising:
- an installing means configured to install a license for setting a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a setting means configured to set as a continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus, a continuous copying speed specified by the license when the installing unit installs the license.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.