User-adaptive image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorHikaru Miyaji
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit, a receiving unit, a discrimination unit, and a mode setting unit. The image forming unit forms an image on paper based on image data in either a first mode or a second mode in which image formation is more reliably performed than in the first mode. The receiving unit receives an image formation request from a user. The discrimination unit discriminates whether the user requesting image formation by the receiving unit is a first user or a second user who is less skilled in an operation of the image forming apparatus than the first user. When the discrimination unit discriminates that the user requesting image formation is the second user, a mode setting unit sets the mode to the second mode to operate the image forming unit.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on paper, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image former that forms an image on paper based on image data in either a first mode or a second mode in which image formation is more reliably performed than in the first mode;
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- a controller configured to control the image forming apparatus, and configured to execute:
- a receiver that receives an image formation request from a user,
- a discriminator that discriminates whether the user requesting the image formation by the receiver is a first user or a second user who is less skilled in an operation of the image forming apparatus than the first user, and
- a mode setter that sets a mode to the second mode to operate the image former, when the discriminator discriminates that the user requesting image formation is the second user,
- wherein the discriminator contains a character identifier that identifies a character from the image data, and
- the discriminator discriminates whether the user requesting the image formation by the receiver is the first user or the second user based on a character identified by the character identifier.
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on paper, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image former configured to form an image on paper based on image data in either a first mode having a first image formation criteria or a second mode having a second image formation criteria that is different from the first image formation criteria;
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- a controller configured to control the image forming apparatus, and configured to execute:
- a receiver configured to receive an image formation request from a user,
- a discriminator configured to discriminate whether the user requesting the image formation by the receiver is a first user associated with the first image formation criteria or a second user associated with the second image formation criteria, and
- a mode setter configured to set a mode to the second mode to operate the image former, when the discriminator discriminates that the user requesting image formation is the second user,
- wherein the discriminator contains a character identifier configured to identify a character based on the image data, and
- the discriminator is further configured to discriminate whether the user requesting the image formation by the receiver is the first user or the second user based on the character identified by the character identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.