Image forming apparatus, non-transitory recording medium storing control program, and control method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki ISHIKURA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus records identification information of an external memory and identification information of a scan job as a log when the external memory is attached to start the scan job. When the external memory is removed in the middle of the scan job, scan data is temporarily saved together with the identification information of the job. When the removed external memory is attached, for example, in a ready state, log data is referred to determine whether the external memory is that removed in the middle of the job and whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved. When it is determined that the scan data is saved, the scan data is saved in the external memory.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus that executes a scan job to save scan data scanned by a scanner in an external memory, the apparatus comprising:
- the scanner that scans a document;
- an external memory port to which the external memory is removably attached;
- a log data storage that stores identification information of the external memory attached to the external memory port and identification information of the scan job as a log by associating the identification information of the external memory with the identification information of the scan job;
- a first determiner that determines whether the external memory is removed from the external memory port during execution of the scan job;
- a selector that allows a user to select whether to continue or cancel the scan job when the first determiner determines that the external memory has been removed;
- a temporary storage that temporarily stores the scan data together with the identification information of the scan job when continuation of the scan job is selected by the selector;
- a second determiner that determines whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved in the temporary storage when the external memory is attached to the external memory port;
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- a first storage that stores, in the external memory, the scan data stored in the temporary storage when the second determiner determines that the associated scan data is saved in the temporary storage.
A non-transitory recording medium storing therein a control program of an image forming apparatus that executes a scan job to save scan data scanned by a scanner in an external memory, the apparatus comprising the scanner that scans a document and an external memory port to which the external memory is removably attached, the control program causing a computer of the image forming apparatus to function as:
- a log data storage that stores identification information of the external memory attached to the external memory port and identification information of the scan job as a log by associating the identification information of the external memory with the identification information of the scan job;
- a first determiner that determines whether the external memory is removed from the external memory port during execution of the scan job;
- a selector that allows a user to select whether to continue or cancel the scan job when the first determiner determines that the external memory has been removed;
- a temporary storage that temporarily saves the scan data together with the identification information of the scan job when continuation of the scan job is selected by the selector;
- a second determiner that determines whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved in the temporary storage when the external memory is attached to the external memory port;
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- a storage that stores, in the external memory, the scan data saved in the temporary storage when the second determiner determines that the associated scan data is saved in the temporary storage.
A control method of an image forming apparatus that executes a scan job to save scan data scanned by a scanner in an external memory, the apparatus comprising the scanner that scans a document and an external memory port to which the external memory is removably attached, the method comprising:
- (a) storing identification information of the external memory attached to the external memory port and identification information of the scan job as a log by associating the identification information of the external memory with the identification information of the scan job;
- (b) determining whether the external memory is removed from the external memory port during execution of the scan job;
- (c) allowing a user to select whether to continue or cancel the scan job when step (b) determines that the external memory has been removed;
- (d) temporarily saving the scan data together with the identification information of the scan job when continuation of the scan job is selected in step (c);
- (e) determining whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved in step (d) when the external memory is attached to the external memory port;
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- (f) saving the scan data saved in step (d) in the external memory when step (e) determines that the associated scan data has been saved in step (d).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.