Image forming apparatus, control method and computer-readable recording medium dividing a print job into a plurality of short jobs
US11907594B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00126
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a hardware processor configured to control an image former on a basis of a job pertaining to a printing execution command. The hardware processor is configured to divide the job pertaining to the printing execution command into a plurality of short jobs, and configured to stop conveyance of the roll sheet and forcibly eject degraded toner from a developing device of the image former at a pause timing between short jobs temporally adjacent to each other among the plurality of short jobs; and the hardware processor sets a job content of each of the plurality of short jobs such that an image of a printing target is inverted upside down for each job switching of the plurality of short jobs.
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