Image forming apparatus, method, and recording medium for improving convenience with restricted job execution
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTomoko Maruyama, Masahiro Imamura, Koichi Amiya, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu
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Abstract
It is determined whether the service mode is turned off. When it is determined that the service mode is turned off, the remote access job history is checked. A CPU then determines whether there is an unexecuted job. When determining that there is an unexecuted job, the CPU inquires of the PC providing an instruction to execute the job whether to re-execute the job. The CPU then determines whether an instruction to re-execute the unexecuted job has been accepted. When determining that an instruction to re-execute the unexecuted job has been accepted, the CPU re-executes the unexecuted job.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus communicatively connected to an external terminal, comprising:
- a communication device for transmitting and receiving data to and from said external terminal;
- a controller capable of providing an instruction to execute at least one function of a plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus, said at least one function having been designated in job information from said external terminal received in said communication device;
- and
- a memory storing the job information from said external terminal received in said communication device,
- said controller being configured to
- inhibit use of at least one function of the plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus in accordance with an instruction,
- check contents of the job information received from said external terminal,
- determine based on the checked job information whether the function inhibited from being used is designated, and,
- output information used for determining whether to re-execute the function inhibited from being used which is designated in said job information, upon termination of a state where the function is inhibited from being used, when determining that the function inhibited from being used is designated.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus communicatively connected to an external terminal, said image forming apparatus including a communication device for transmitting and receiving data to and from said external terminal;
- a controller capable of providing an instruction to execute at least one function of a plurality of functions which are executable, said at least one function having been designated in job information from said external terminal received in said communication device;
- and a memory storing the job information from said external terminal received in said communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- inhibiting use of at least one function of the plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus in accordance with an instruction;
- checking contents of the job information received from said external terminal;
- determining based on the checked job information whether a function inhibited from being used is designated;
- and,
- outputting information used for determining whether to re-execute the function inhibited from being used which is designated in said job information, upon termination of a state where the function is inhibited from being used, when determining that the function inhibited from being used is designated.
A non-transitory computer recording medium recording a control program executed by a computer of an image forming apparatus communicatively connected to an external terminal, said image forming apparatus including a communication device for transmitting and receiving data to and from said external terminal;
- a controller capable of providing an instruction to execute at least one function of a plurality of functions which are executable, said at least one function having been designated in job information from said external terminal received in said communication device;
- and a memory storing the job information from said external terminal received in said communication device, said control program causing said computer to perform the steps of:
- inhibiting use of at least one function of the plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus in accordance with an instruction;
- checking contents of the job information received from said external terminal;
- determining based on the checked job information whether a function inhibited from being used is designated;
- and,
- outputting information used for determining whether to re-execute the function inhibited from being used which is designated in said job information, upon termination of a state where the function is inhibited from being used, when determining that the function inhibited from being used is designated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.