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Image forming apparatus, remote control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with remote control program

  • US 9,860,399 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2014
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a hardware processor configured to;

    in response to a connection request being received from a remote operation device, establish a communication path with the remote operation device;

    set the remote operation device with which the communication path is established to be an active device;

    cause the image forming apparatus to execute a process in accordance with a remote operation received from the remote operation device set as an active device;

    in response to a communication path being established with another remote operation device different from the remote operation device set as an active device, set another remote operation device different from the remote operation device set as an active device to be a standby device;

    in response to detection of an end state in which no remote operation is received from the remote operation device set as an active device, set the remote operation device set as a standby device to be an active device;

    set a number of jobs executable through a remote operation received from the remote operation device set as an active device to a set number of executable jobs;

    detect an end state when the number of jobs executed through a remote operation received from the remote operation device set as an active device becomes equal to or greater than the set number of executable jobs; and

    transmit to the standby device a numerical value representing the number of executable jobs remaining under the number of executable jobs set for the active device.

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