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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

  • US 20140043632A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2013
  • Published: 02/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet;

    an operation display unit to display a screen and accept an input operation;

    a storage unit to stores at least data; and

    a control unit to controls at least hardware of the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program that operates on the first operating system to control the image forming apparatus and enable to execute one or two or more other operating systems that activate at least one application, whereinthe storage unit stores management data that correlates information related to the data, the application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application, andthe control unit has a function of displaying a list of the data stored in the storage unit on the screen, and when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, the control unit reads the management data from the storage unit, selects the other operating system and the application correlated with information related to the data that is selected based on the read management data, and activetes the selected application on the selected other operating system.

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