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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Kawamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print instruction device that issues a print instruction with first connection processing or second connection processing to an image forming apparatus including a printer, and a post-processor capable of performing both the first connection processing and the second connection processing, after printing on a plurality of recording media by the printer, the print instruction device includes: a display; and a hardware processor that: determines whether the document to be printed of which the printed matter is to be connected by the post-processor falls under a preset condition to perform the second connection processing; and displays, on the display, display prompting setting the second connection processing as connection processing after or before print setting with the first connection processing is performed, when the document to be printed is determined to fall under the preset condition to perform the second connection processing by the hardware processor.