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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTadahiro Nakamura
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An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data includes an operating unit and a controller. The operating unit receives a user operation of an operating user. The controller includes circuitry or a processor to execute instructions stored in a memory to acquire unacquired print data from the external device based on a receiving process performed first after start-up of the image forming apparatus among a plurality of receiving processes including a first receiving process for receiving a notification which encourages acquisition of print data and a second receiving process for receiving the user operation by the operating unit.
An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data, the image forming apparatus comprising:
A method for an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data, the method comprising:
A non-transitory storage medium configured to store a program to cause a computer to perform a method for an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.