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Image forming apparatus and image forming method

US8164772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2005
Grant dateApr 24, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

What is disclosed is an image forming apparatus which is able to execute an auxiliary program combined to a prescribe control program that transforms a piece of received information to an image data wherein the image forming apparatus comprising: a memory section for containing said auxiliary program; a received information judging section for judging whether the received information is said auxiliary program or a piece of image information, by analyzing said received information; and an auxiliary program managing section for detecting from said memory section an auxiliary program necessary for the received information to be processed, based on the image information, when said received information is the image information.

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