Image forming apparatus capable of repeatedly reading out and printing stored image data
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoyuki Atsumi
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Abstract
In order to efficiently utilize a memory in a digital copying machine which reads image data from an original and stores the read image data, whether or not to store image data in the memory is determined when the image data is read or the image data is input through an external interface. For example, image data read by an image reader is stored while data from an external device which is input through the external interface is not stored. This is because when the digital copying machine is used as an external device printer, the owner of the image data is difficult to identify and therefore the image data is not to be stored in the memory.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an input unit which inputs image data;
- a print unit which prints image data;
- a memory which stores image data;
- a controller which determines whether the image data is input as a predetermined kind of job, and makes the memory retain image data after the image data is printed when the image data is determined to be input as the predetermined kind of job.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit which inputs image data;
- an output unit which outputs the image data;
- a memory which stores the image data;
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- a controller which switches modes between a first mode in which the memory retains image data after the image data is outputted and a second mode in which the memory deletes image data after the image data is outputted depending on what kind of job is inputted.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit which inputs image data;
- a memory which stores image data;
- a controller which determines whether the image data is input as a predetermined kind of job, and makes the memory retain image data when the is determined to be input as the predetermined kind of job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.