Image forming system, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshihiro Kadowaki
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Abstract
A print job containing designation of personalization for setup data for image formation is received from, e.g., a computer. Personalizing information is acquired from a server via a network. On the basis of the acquired personalizing information, an image forming unit forms the image based on the print job.
Claims57
An image forming system having a server, an external apparatus, and an image forming apparatus are connected via a network, comprising:
- generating means, provided in said external apparatus, for generating image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- transmitting means for transmitting the image forming information generated by said generating means to said image forming apparatus;
- managing means, provided in said server, for managing setup information for image formation by said image forming apparatus;
- receiving means, provided in said image forming apparatus, for receiving the image forming information;
- acquiring means for acquiring setup information managed in said server and corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information received by said receiving means;
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- forming means for forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired by said acquiring means.
An image forming apparatus connected to a server and an external apparatus via a network, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving, from said external apparatus, image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- acquiring means for acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information received by said receiving means;
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- forming means for forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired by said acquiring means.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus connected to a server and an external apparatus via a network, comprising:
- the reception step of receiving, from said external apparatus, image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- the acquisition step of acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information received in the reception step;
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- the formation step of forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired in the acquisition step.
A computer readable memory storing program codes for controlling an image forming apparatus connected to a server and an external apparatus via a network, comprising:
- a program code of the reception step of receiving, from said external apparatus, image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- a program code of the acquisition step of acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information received in the reception step;
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- a program code of the formation step of forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired in the acquisition step.
An image forming system in which a server and an image forming apparatus are connected via a network, comprising:
- generating means, provided in said image forming apparatus, for generating image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- transmitting means for transmitting the image forming information generated by said generating means to said server;
- managing means, provided in said server, for managing setup information for image formation by said image forming apparatus;
- receiving means for receiving the image forming information transmitted from said image forming apparatus;
- acquiring means for acquiring setup information managed by said managing means and corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information received by said receiving means;
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- forming means for forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired by said acquiring means.
An image forming apparatus connected to a server via a network, comprising:
- generating means for generating image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- acquiring means for acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information generated by said generating means;
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- forming means for forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired by said acquiring means.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus connected to a server via a network, comprising:
- the generation step of generating image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- the acquisition step of acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information generated in the generation step;
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- the formation step of forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired in the acquisition step.
A computer readable memory storing program codes for controlling an image forming apparatus connected to a server via a network, comprising:
- a program code of the generation step of generating image forming information containing a key for designating acquisition of setup information for image formation;
- a program code of the acquisition step of acquiring, from said server, setup information corresponding to the key contained in the image forming information generated in the generation step;
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- a program code of the formation step of forming an image corresponding to the image forming information on the basis of the setup information acquired in the acquisition step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.