Image formation apparatus, image formation system, and computer readable medium for controlling conveyance of a plane-shaped recording medium between two image formation apparatuses

An image formation system comprising:

• an image formation processing managing unit that manages first image formation processing to form an image on a face of plane-shaped recording medium based on received information;
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• a control unit that controls conveyance of the plane-shaped recording medium between an image formation apparatus which performs the first image formation processing and another image formation apparatus which performs second image formation processing to form an image on the other face of the plane-shaped recording medium,
• wherein a second distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the second image formation processing by said another image formation apparatus in response to receiving an instruction of stopping an image forming operation is longer than a first distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the first image formation processing by the image formation apparatus in response to receiving the instruction of stopping the image forming operation,
• wherein in response to receiving the instruction to stop the image forming operation, the control unit performs the control of conveyance of the plane-shaped recording medium by conveying the plane-shaped recording medium by the image formation apparatus for a given distance longer than the first distance and then stopping the conveyance by the image formation apparatus, so that the conveyances of both of the image formation apparatus and said another image formation apparatus are stopped substantially at the same time.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform a process for image formation, the process comprising:

• managing first image formation processing to form an image on a face of plane-shaped recording medium based on received information;
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• controlling conveyance of the plane-shaped recording medium between an image formation apparatus which performs the first image formation processing and another image formation apparatus which performs second image formation processing to form an image on the other face of the plane-shaped recording medium,
• wherein a second distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the second image formation processing by said another image formation apparatus in response to receiving an instruction of stopping an image forming operation is longer than a first distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the first image formation processing by the image formation apparatus in response to receiving the instruction of stopping the image forming operation,
• wherein in response to receiving the instruction to stop the image forming operation, the control step is performed to convey the plane-shaped recording medium by conveying the plane-shaped recording medium by the image formation apparatus for a given distance longer than the first distance and then stopping the conveyance by the image formation apparatus, so that the conveyances of both of the image formation apparatus and said another image formation are stopped substantially at the same time.

An image formation system comprising:

• a color printer that performs first image formation processing to form an image of on a face of a plane-shaped recording medium;
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• a monochrome printer that performs second image formation processing to form an image on the other face of the plane-shaped recording medium,
• wherein a first distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the first image formation processing by the color printer in response to receiving an instruction of stopping an image forming operation is longer than a second distance required for completion of forming one page of the image in the second image formation processing by the monochrome printer in response to receiving the instruction of stopping the image forming operation,
• wherein, the monochrome printer is connected to the color printer so that double side printing on the plane-shaped recording medium is performed, wherein, in response to receiving the instruction to stop the image forming operation, the monochrome printer conveys the plane-shaped recording medium for the given distance longer than the second distance and then stops the conveyance, so that the conveyances of both of the monochrome printer and the color printer are stopped substantially at the same time.