Image forming apparatus with multiple print engines for distributed processing of single print job
US10082986B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2206/1514
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Upon satisfaction of a predetermined trigger condition with a first hard disk drive mounted in a first controller, a first processor executes a first common file stored in a first common file storage region and write and store a first configuration file into a first configuration file storage region. The first processor executes the first common file and the first configuration file of a first firmware program and drives a first print engine to execute a first job segment stored in a first job segment storage region.
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