Image forming apparatus, information notifying method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions therefor
US10326893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/32128
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to receive an e-mail stored in a mail server through a network interface, generate identification information corresponding to image data attached to the received e-mail, store, in a storage, the identification information, a transmission source address of the e-mail to which to the image data corresponding to the identification information is attached, and the image data corresponding to the identification information, in an associated manner, cause a printer to print a particular image corresponding to the identification information, identify the identification information in the particular image read by an image reader, retrieve, from the storage, the transmission source address of the e-mail to which the image data corresponding to the identification information identified in the identifying process, and transmit an e-mail addressed to the transmission source address retrieved in the address retrieval step to the mail server.
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