Image forming apparatus capable of performing trial printing, and image forming system
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a plurality of pages of image data transmitted through a communication line and receiving a partial print request signal requesting that only a part of the image data be printed;
storage means for storing the image data and the partial print request signal, both received at the receiving means; and
printing means for printing a part of the image data in response to the partial print request signal stored in the storage means.
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An image forming apparatus having a receipt interface I/F, a hard disk, and a printer section. The receipt interface I/F receives pages of image data transmitted and a partial print request signal requesting that only a part of the image data be printed, both transmitted through a communication line. The hard disk stores both the image data and the partial print request signal. The printer section prints a part of the image data stored in the hard disk, in response to the partial print request signal that the receipt interface I/F has received.
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a plurality of pages of image data transmitted through a communication line and receiving a partial print request signal requesting that only a part of the image data be printed;
storage means for storing the image data and the partial print request signal, both received at the receiving means; and
printing means for printing a part of the image data in response to the partial print request signal stored in the storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An image forming system comprising:
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a plurality of data processing devices for transferring image data to be printed and a partial print request signal requesting that only a part of the image data be printed, both through a communication line; and
a printing apparatus having;
receiving means for receiving a plurality of pages of the image data and the partial print request signal from the data processing devices through the communication line;
storage means for storing the image data and the partial print request signal, both received at the receiving means;
first printing means for printing a part of the image data in response to the partial print request signal stored in the storage means;
second printing means for printing a part of the image data in response to the partial print request signal stored in the storage means, upon receiving a partial print instruction from a user through a control panel provided on the image forming apparatus; and
third printing means for printing all pages of image data stored in the storage means, upon receiving an all-page print instruction from the user through the control panel after the second printing means has printed the part of the image data.
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