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US 2019/0356787 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to input workflow steps and parameters
AssigneeHP Printing Korea Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-wook PARK, Sun-young PARK, Hyun-sub KIL
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Abstract
An image forming method and apparatus, includes setting a processing order of a plurality of operations of a same image data and detailed setup information of the plurality of operations, and executing the plurality of operations using the detailed setup information according to the set processing order.
Claims14
An image forming method, comprising:
- displaying a plurality of operations applicable to an image data;
- selecting, from the plurality of operations, an operation including one or more sub-operations to be added to at least one previously selected operation which is to be applied to the image data;
- adding the selected operation to the at least one previously selected operation;
- displaying for additional selection, in response to the selection of the operation to be added to the at least one previously selected operation, and selecting one sub-operation from the one or more sub-operations;
- setting an order in which the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation is to be executed upon the image data;
- executing upon the image data, in the set order, the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation;
- and
- triggering storage of the set order of the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation for the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a user interface to allow a user to:
- select, from a plurality of operations displayed as applicable to an image data, an operation including one or more sub-operations to be added to at least one previously selected operation which is to be applied to the image data,
- add the selected operation to the at least one previously selected operation,
- display for additional selection, in response to the selection of the operation to be added to the at least one previously selected operation, and select one sub-operation from the one or more sub-operations,
- set an order in which the selected sub-operation of the selected operation is to be executed upon the image data;
- a controller to execute upon the image data, in the set order, the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation;
- and
- a storage unit controlled to trigger storage of the set order of the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation for the selected one sub-operation of the selected operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.