Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiji SAITO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a resource information acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a determination unit of a processor. The resource information acquisition unit acquires resource information indicating a resource of the image forming apparatus required to execute an application. The apparatus information acquisition unit acquires apparatus information indicating a use situation of the resource of the image forming apparatus. The determination unit determines whether or not the image forming apparatus can execute the application if the application is installed on the basis of the resource information and the apparatus information.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor including a resource information acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a determination unit,
- the resource information acquisition unit configured to acquire resource information indicating a resource of the image forming apparatus required to execute an application;
- the apparatus information acquisition unit configured to acquire apparatus information indicating a use situation of the resource of the image forming apparatus;
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- the determination unit configured to determine whether or not the image forming apparatus can execute the application when the application is installed on the basis of the resource information and the apparatus information.
An image forming method comprising:
- acquiring resource information indicating a resource of an image forming apparatus required to execute an application;
- acquiring apparatus information indicating a use situation of the resource of the image forming apparatus;
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- determining whether or not the image forming apparatus can execute the application when the application is installed on the basis of the resource information and the apparatus information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.