IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus that includes a storage area for storing a document therein, and prints and edits the document stored in the storage area, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a user identification portion that identifies a user who operates the image forming apparatus;
a print management portion that, when abort operation for giving instructions to suspend printing is performed while the document is being printed, records print management information indicating unprinted pages, and a user who performs the abort operation and is identified by the user identification portion;
an edit management portion that, when the document is updated according to edit operation, records edit management information indicating an updated page;
a determination portion that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not the user who is identified by the user identification portion 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, refers to the print management information and the edit management information and extracts pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and, at the same time, which have been updated thereafter; and
a print controller that controls the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus prints, in response to the reprinting operation, at least unprinted pages of the document and the pages extracted by the page extraction portion.
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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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Citations
24 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus that includes a storage area for storing a document therein, and prints and edits the document stored in the storage area, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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a user identification portion that identifies a user who operates the image forming apparatus; a print management portion that, when abort operation for giving instructions to suspend printing is performed while the document is being printed, records print management information indicating unprinted pages, and a user who performs the abort operation and is identified by the user identification portion; an edit management portion that, when the document is updated according to edit operation, records edit management information indicating an updated page; a determination portion that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not the user who is identified by the user identification portion 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, refers to the print management information and the edit management information and extracts pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and, at the same time, which have been updated thereafter; and a print controller that controls the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus prints, in response to the reprinting operation, at least unprinted pages of the document and the pages extracted by the page extraction portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program used in a computer included in an image forming apparatus having a function to print and edit a document stored in a storage area for storing documents, the computer program causing the computer to perform:
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a user identification step that identifies a user who operates the image forming apparatus; a print management step that, when abort operation for giving instructions to suspend printing is performed while the document is being printed, records print management information indicating unprinted pages and a user who performs the abort operation and is identified in the user identification step; an edit management step that, when the document is updated according to edit operation, records edit management information indicating an updated page; a determination step that determines, based on the print management information, whether or not the user who is identified in the user identification step is a print suspended operator who has performed the abort operation previously; a page extraction step that, when the print suspended operator performs reprinting operation for giving instructions to print the document that has been updated, refers to the print management information and the edit management information, and extracts pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and, at the same time, which have been updated thereafter; and a print controlling step that controls the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus prints, in response to the reprinting operation, at least unprinted pages of the document and the pages extracted in the page extraction step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus that includes a storage area for storing a document therein, and prints and edits the document stored in the storage area, the method comprising:
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a step of identifying a user who operates the image forming apparatus; a step of recording, when abort operation for giving instructions to suspend printing is performed while the document is being printed, print management information indicating unprinted pages and a user who performs the abort operation; a step of registering edit management information indicating an updated page when the document is updated according to edit operation; a step of determining, based on the print management information, whether or not the user who operates the image forming apparatus is a print suspended operator who has performed the abort operation previously; a step of referring to the print management information and the edit management information and extracting pages of the document which were printed successfully when printing of the document was suspended and, at the same time, which have been updated thereafter when the print suspended operator performs reprinting operation for giving instructions to print the document that has been updated; and a step of controlling the image forming apparatus to print at least unprinted pages of the document and the extracted pages. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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