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Control device and control method for network-connected device

US7224476B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1998
Grant dateMay 29, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0017
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for selecting a network-connected image forming apparatus wherein there are provided a plurality of network-connected image forming apparatuses and job registration means which distributes and registers a job in an image forming apparatus via a network, wherein the job registration means registers a specific mode job in an image forming apparatus already storing another specific mode job.

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