Image forming apparatus that generates log image
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsJumpei Takagi, Ryota Arinobu, Toru Yasui, Keiji Okamura, Masaki Kikuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a job executing unit that executes a job based on an image; and a log image generating unit that generates a log image as a history of the image and stores the generated log image in a storage unit. If the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from the image forming apparatus, the log image generating unit restricts a storage size of the log image for this job.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a job executing unit that executes a job based on an image;
- and
- a log image generating unit that generates a log image as a history of the image, stores the log image in a storage unit,
- the log image generating section restricting a storage size of the log image for the job, if the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from the image forming apparatus.
An image forming method comprising:
- executing, via a job executing unit, a job based on an image;
- generating, via a log image generating unit, a log image as a history of the image;
- storing, via the log image generating unit, the log image in a storage unit;
- and
- if the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from an image forming apparatus, restricting, via a log image generating unit, a storage size of the log image for the job.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores an image forming program executable by a computer, the image forming program comprising:
- a first program code that causes the computer to execute a job based on an image;
- a second program code that causes the computer to generate a log image as a history of the image;
- a third program code causing the computer to store the log image in a storage unit;
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- a fourth program code that causes the computer to restrict, if the job executed by the first program code does not involve external output from an image forming apparatus, a storage size of the log image for the job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.