Image forming apparatus, print data processing method thereof, and recording medium
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNobuo Kamei, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomo Tsuboi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus judges whether or not a close-range wireless communication with a portable terminal is enabled during a period until a printer completes printing out print data. Based on a result drawn from the judgment and a print operation status of the image forming apparatus itself, which is indicated until completion of printing out the print data, the image forming apparatus deletes the print data from the memory or keeps the print data recorded in the memory.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a close-range wireless communicator that is capable of performing a close-range wireless communication with a user's using portable terminal;
- a memory that records in itself, print data that is transmitted by the portable terminal and received by the close-range wireless communicator or print data that is obtained from a storage location according to storage information of the print data, which is transmitted by the portable terminal;
- a printer that prints out the print data recorded therein;
- a communication status judger that judges whether or not a communication with the portable terminal is enabled by the close-range wireless communicator, until the printer completes printing out the print data;
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- a controller that deletes the print data from the memory or keeps the print data recorded in the memory, based on a judgment result drawn by the communication status judger and a print operation status of printing control operations within the image forming apparatus itself before a print operation of the print data is completed.
A print data processing method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- recording in a memory, print data that is transmitted by a user's using portable terminal and received by a close-range wireless communicator, or print data that is obtained from a storage location according to storage information of the print data, which is transmitted by the portable terminal;
- printing out the print data recorded therein, by a printer;
- judging whether or not a communication with the portable terminal is enabled by the close-range wireless communicator, until the print data is completely printed out in the prior step;
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- deleting the print data from the memory or keeping the print data recorded in the memory, based on a judgment result drawn in the prior step and a print operation status of printing control operations within the image forming apparatus before a print operation of the print data is completed.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a print data processing program recorded therein to make a computer of an image forming apparatus execute:
- recording in a memory, print data that is transmitted by a user's using portable terminal and received by a close-range wireless communicator, or print data that is obtained from a storage location according to storage information of the print data, which is transmitted by the portable terminal;
- printing out the print data recorded therein, by a printer;
- judging whether or not a communication with the portable terminal is enabled by the close-range wireless communicator, until the print data is completely printed out in the prior step;
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- deleting the print data from the memory or keeping the print data recorded in the memory, based on a judgment result drawn in the prior step and a print operation status of printing control operations within the image forming apparatus before a print operation of the print data is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.