Image forming device capable of exchanging print data with another image forming device, and control method and storage medium therefor
US9372648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1291
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming device capable of acquiring to-be-printed data from any of external image forming devices, without making inquiries about the presence or absence of the to-be-printed data to all the external image forming devices. An image forming apparatus receives, from another image forming apparatus that has received print data, bibliographic information containing identification information that identifies the another image forming apparatus, and registers the received bibliographic information. When receiving a bibliographic information acquisition request, the image forming apparatus transmits bibliographic information, among pieces of bibliographic information registered in the image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus that has transmitted the bibliographic information acquisition request.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.