Image forming apparatus and output control method of the same

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an output processing device configured to determine an output process time in accordance with reservation information of a paper to be outputted;
• and
• a controller adjusting a paper transport interval in accordance with the output process time determined by the output processing device,
• wherein, upon canceling the reservation information, the controller cancels all reservation information to be processed subsequently after the canceled reservation information, then re-determines the output process time by transmitting reservation information to be processed after the canceled reservation information to the output processing device, and then adjusts the paper transport interval on the basis of the re-determined output process time.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an output processing device configured to determine an output process time in accordance with reservation information of a paper to be outputted;
• and
• a controller adjusting a paper transport interval in accordance with the output process time determined by the output processing device,
• wherein, upon canceling the reservation information, the controller sets an output process time of reservation information to be processed after the canceled reservation information, as a maximum time of a paper outputting process of the output processing device, and adjusts the paper output interval on the basis of the set output process time.

An output control method of an image forming apparatus having a main body and an output processing device detachably attached to the main body thereof, comprising the steps of:

• communicating with the output processing device so as to transmit reservation information about a paper outputting process to the output processing device and to obtain an output process time of the reservation information from the output processing device;
• re-communicating with the output processing device so as to cancel all reservation information to be processed subsequently after the canceled reservation information, then transmit reservation information to be processed after the canceled reservation information, to the output processing device, and obtain again the output process time;
• and
• adjusting a paper output interval on the basis of the output process time obtained in the re-communication step.

An output control method of an image forming apparatus having a main body and an output processing device detachably attached to the main body thereof, comprising the steps of:

• communicating with the output processing device so as to transmit reservation information about a paper outputting process to the output processing device and to obtain an output process time of the reservation information from the output processing device;
• setting, upon canceling a part of the reservation information, an output process time of reservation information to be processed after the canceled reservation information, as a maximum time of a paper outputting process of the output processing device;
• and
• adjusting a paper output interval on the basis of the output process time set in the setting step.