Image forming apparatus which determines necessity of storing print data
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMinoru Yaguchi, Takeshi Nakajima
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Abstract
In the image forming apparatus, when the document data is developed to generate the print data in order to print out by the document data, the possibility of repeated requests to print out by the document data is determined by whether or not the document data is stored in the shared directory, or whether or not the document data is attached to the electronic mail distributed to a plurality of people. If the need of storing the document data has been determined, the document data is stored in the image forming apparatus. Upon receipt of a request to print out by the same document data as this document data, the stored print data is used for printing.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a development section which develops received document data into print data;
- a storage section;
- a printing section;
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- a control section which determines whether or not it is necessary to store the print data obtained by allowing the development section to develop the document data, by determining a possibility of repeated request for printing for the document data, and which allows the storage section to store the print data therein if the storage of the print data is determined to be necessary, and further which allows the printing section to perform printing related to the printing request using the print data when receiving the printing request of the document data, if the storage section stores the print data corresponding to the document data.
An image forming method for use in an image forming apparatus having a storage section and a printing section, the method comprising:
- developing received document data into print data;
- determining whether or not it is necessary to store the print data obtained by allowing the document data to be developed, by determining a possibility of repeated request for printing for the document data;
- allowing the storage section to store the print data therein if the storage of the print data is determined to be necessary;
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- allowing the printing section to perform printing related to the printing request using the print data when receiving the printing request of the document data, if the storage section stores the print data corresponding to the document data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.