Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by a plurality of operations, comprising:
- a plurality of modules each of which autonomously executes an assigned operation which is assigned among the plurality of operations; and
a shared data storing device for storing shared information to be shared by said plurality of modules, wherein each of said plurality of modules stores operation condition information, indicating an operation condition, as shared information in the shared data storing device; and
each of said plurality of modules autonomously executes the assigned operation by referring to the information in said shared data storing device.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The image forming apparatus executes controls relating to image formation in a dispersed manner without centralization. A printer part of the image forming apparatus includes a laser module, an image process module, a paper-feed cassette module, a conveyance module, a both-side module, a fixing module, a paper discharge module and a shared data module. Each module stores operation condition information, indicating its operation condition in the shared data module, and executes autonomously a specific operation by referring to operation parameters and the operation condition information indicating the operation conditions of the modules, stored in the shared data module.
-
Citations
14 Claims
-
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by a plurality of operations, comprising:
-
a plurality of modules each of which autonomously executes an assigned operation which is assigned among the plurality of operations; and
a shared data storing device for storing shared information to be shared by said plurality of modules, wherein each of said plurality of modules stores operation condition information, indicating an operation condition, as shared information in the shared data storing device; and
each of said plurality of modules autonomously executes the assigned operation by referring to the information in said shared data storing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A control method for an image forming apparatus including plurality of modules plural each of which autonomously executes an assigned operation assigned among the plurality of operations;
- and a shared data storing device for storing shared information to be shared by the plurality of modules, the method comprising;
a step of storing operation condition information indicating an operation condition of each of said plurality of modules into the shared data storing device as shared information; and
a step of autonomously executing a specific operation by referring to the information in the shared data storing device in each of said plurality of modules.
- and a shared data storing device for storing shared information to be shared by the plurality of modules, the method comprising;
Specification