Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Kyoichiro Hayashi

Kozo Tao

Katsuji Furushige

Masato Tanba

Naoki Takeuchi

Akihiko Ikazaki

Shuntaro Tsuji

Toru Yasui

Takashi Toyoda

Hiroyuki Takaishi

Tomonori Naota

Keiko Morita

Tomihito Doi

Yasuhiro Iwashima

Takuya Tsuji

Akihiro Kanekawa

An image forming apparatus includes an operating mechanism, a storage device, and a control device. The operating mechanism executes a job. The control device functions as a controller. When accepting a request to prepare execution of the job, the controller allows the operating mechanism to prepare the execution of the job to thus generate data for output and allows the storage device to save the data for output. When accepting a request to execute the job, the controller allows the operating mechanism to execute the job based on the data for output.

Image forming apparatus capable of executing job by separating job into 'job execution preparatory step' and 'job execution step'

An image forming apparatus includes a main memory device, an auxiliary storage device, a print request receiving unit, and a print processing unit. The print request receiving unit is configured to (a) receive from an external device a print request that includes the number of printing pages and print image data, (b) select one of the main memory device and the auxiliary storage device as a device to which the print image data is to be written on the basis of the number of printing pages, and (c) write the print image data in the selected main memory device or auxiliary storage device. The print processing unit is configured to read the print image data from the main memory device or the auxiliary storage device and perform a print process based on the print image data.

Image forming apparatus with an improved memory management system

The image forming apparatus executes a process of generating image data of an alternative image involving a smaller consumption quantity of color material than an image contained in a replacement-object area and then generating replaced image data in which the image data of the replacement-object area has been replaced with the image data of the alternative image, and the control section instructs a printing section to execute color material-saving printing of printing an image based on the replaced image data on a sheet. The alternative image is an image containing information for allowing an image based on the image data of the replacement-object area to be displayed by an information terminal that has read the alternative image.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system which reduce color material consumption

An image forming apparatus includes a main storage unit; an auxiliary storage unit; a file system configured to manage a file stored in the auxiliary storage unit; and an input-output processing unit configured to use an area in the main storage unit to perform file access to a file in the file system. The area is in a storage area that is not managed by an operating system and the area is specified with a physical address in an instruction from a user process.

Image forming apparatus having a file system

An image forming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises an image reading unit that reads an image from a document to generate base image data which matches predetermined default reading conditions; a reading condition identifying unit that identifies reading condition settings specified by a user in response to when the image is read; and an information saving unit that saves the base image data and the reading condition settings identified by the reading condition identifying unit in association with each other as saved-image information.

Image forming apparatus and image information saving method

An operation control program controls a computer provided in an image forming apparatus to serve as: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested by a user, and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; and a job performing section for executing sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section.

Image forming apparatus that discriminates an operation of a service requested and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting a job scenario prepared in advance

A ROM () stores image forming driver information associated with a plurality of size groups into which a plurality of sets of sheet sizes close to each other are respectively sorted. When a sheet size of an image transfer sheet designated by an operator through an operating section () and a sheet size of an image transfer sheet detected by an image transfer sheet sensor () are different from one another, but both of the image transfer sheet sizes fall in the same size group, a CPU () allows an image forming section () to execute an image forming processing in accordance with image forming driver information corresponding to the image transfer sheet size designated by the operating section ().

Image forming apparatus for processing an image in accordance with a sheet size of an image transfer sheet

An image forming system is given, in advance, unique setting as a behavior to be performed when an error occurs regarding postprocessing. In a case where the postprocessing becomes inexecutable during the operation of the system, the system either cancels the postprocessing to continue printing (Steps S, S) or stops printing to generate an error (Step S), based on the unique setting. A user arbitrarily decides the unique setting, which enables optimum control of the operation that the system should perform when the postprocessing becomes inexecutable.

Image forming system including finisher applying punching processing and staple processing to printed papers, and image forming apparatus having mechanism for printing on both surfaces of paper

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Osaka, Japan

Kyoichiro Hayashi