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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hirotsugu Hiramoto, Kobe, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control device that executes an operating system program includes a hardware processor, wherein the operating system program defines a process of setting one image forming apparatus among a plurality of image forming apparatuses as a default device, and a changing process, in the case where an execution device different from the default device is designated from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses by an application task for executing an application program and printing is performed by the execution device, setting the execution device as the default device, and the hardware processor allows one control target device among the plurality of image forming apparatuses to perform printing in response to an instruction for printing given by the application task, and maintains the same image forming apparatus as the default device before and after printing is performed by the control target device.