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Image forming apparatus, computer-readable storage medium for computer program, and control method thereof
US9052860B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9052860-B2 |
| Application number | US-85980910-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | Aug 25, 2009 |
| Publication date | Jun 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2015 |
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An image forming apparatus that prints and edits a document includes a user identification portion, a print management portion that records print management information indicating a user who performs abort operation of printing, an edit management portion that records edit management information, a determination portion that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not the user is a print suspended operator who has performed the abort operation previously, a page extraction portion that, when the print suspended operator performs reprinting operation for giving instructions to print the document that has been updated, extracts pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and have been updated thereafter, and a print controller that controls the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus prints at least unprinted pages of the document and the pages extracted by the page extraction portion.
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What is claimed is: 1. An image forming apparatus that includes a storage area for storing a document therein, and prints and edits the document stored in the storage area, the image forming apparatus comprising: a user identification portion that identifies a user who operates the image forming apparatus; a print management portion that, when abort operation for giving instructions to suspend printing is performed while the document is being printed, records print management in…
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- What does patent US9052860B2 cover?
- An image forming apparatus that prints and edits a document includes a user identification portion, a print management portion that records print management information indicating a user who performs abort operation of printing, an edit management portion that records edit management information, a determination portion that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Yamahata Taketoshi, Matsuura Tsumoru, Yoshida Eiichi, and 3 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F3/1285. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jun 09 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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