Image Forming Apparatus and Data Transfer Method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsKazuhiro TOMIYASU, Kaoru Fukuoka, Hiroaki Sugimoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a scanner and a printer, a server, and a local network circuit connecting the image forming unit and the server. In each of the image forming unit and the server, a hardware processor selects one of a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol in accordance with data to be transmitted by a transceiver. The first communication protocol includes a provision for ensuring reliability of communication, and the second communication protocol does not include a provision for ensuring reliability of communication.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit including a scanner configured to scan a document to generate image data and a printer configured to print image data generated by the scanner or another image data on a recording medium;
- a server;
- and
- a local network circuit configured to connect the image forming unit and the server,
- the image forming unit and the server each including:
- a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data through the local network circuit;
- and
- a hardware processor, wherein
- the hardware processor of one of the image forming unit and the server selects one of a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol in accordance with data transmitted by the transceiver of the one of the image forming unit and the server when data is transmitted by the transceiver of the one to the transceiver of the other,
- the first communication protocol includes a provision for ensuring reliability of communication, and
- the second communication protocol does not include a provision for ensuring reliability of communication.
A data transfer method in an image forming apparatus,
- the image forming apparatus including:
- an image forming unit including a scanner configured to scan a document to generate image data and a printer configured to print image data generated by the scanner or another image data on a recording medium;
- a server;
- and
- a local network circuit configured to connect the image forming unit and the server,
- the data transfer method comprising:
- selecting one of a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol in accordance with data to be transmitted, by a transmitter side of the image forming unit and the server, when data is transferred between the image forming unit and the server through the local network circuit;
- and
- transmitting data by the transmitter side to a receiver side using the selected communication protocol, wherein
- the first communication protocol includes a provision for ensuring reliability of communication, and
- the second communication protocol does not include a provision for ensuring reliability of communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.