Image forming apparatus, image forming system, control method, and recording medium
US10725713B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00569
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.