Image forming apparatus, computer-readable storage medium for computer program, and control method thereof
US9052860B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00109
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that prints and edits a document includes a user identification portion, a print management portion that records print management information indicating a user who performs abort operation of printing, an edit management portion that records edit management information, a determination portion that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not the user is a print suspended operator who has performed the abort operation previously, a page extraction portion that, when the print suspended operator performs reprinting operation for giving instructions to print the document that has been updated, extracts pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and have been updated thereafter, and a print controller that controls the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus prints at least unprinted pages of the document and the pages extracted by the page extraction portion.
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