Image forming system restricting execution of acquisition process
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Nishikawa
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Abstract
In an image-forming system, the first determining unit is configured to determine whether at least one image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming device is capable of performing the image print process. The second determining unit is configured to determine whether to restrict an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices to execute the test print process based on a result of determination by the first determining unit. The restricting unit is configured to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process when the second determining unit determines to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process.
Claims9
An image-forming system comprising:
- a plurality of image-forming devices connected in a network, each image-forming device being selectively capable of performing a test print process to form a test image and an image print process to form an image based on image data;
- a first determining unit that is configured to determine whether at least one image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices is capable of performing the image print process;
- a second determining unit that is configured to determine whether to restrict an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices to execute the test print process based on a result of determination by the first determining unit;
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- a restricting unit that is configured to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process when the second determining unit determines to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process,
- wherein the second determining unit is configured to determine to restrict the image-forming device based on number of the image-forming devices capable of printing is less than a threshold value.
An image-forming device comprising:
- an executing unit that is selectively capable of performing a test print process to form a test image and an image print process to form an image based on image data;
- a first determining unit that is configured to determine whether at least one image-forming device among a plurality of external image-forming devices is capable of performing an image print process;
- a second determining unit that is configured to determine whether to restrict the executing unit to execute the test print process based on a number of the external image-forming devices that is determined to be capable of printing by the first determining unit is less than a threshold value;
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- a restricting unit that is configured to restrict the executing unit to execute the test print process when the second determining unit determines to restrict the executing unit to execute the test print process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.