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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sugawara, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method that prevents an image based on a file attached to an electronic mail from being repeatedly printed includes receiving an electronic mail from a mail server, printing an image based on the file attached to the received electronic mail, and deleting the electronic mail from the mail server after the image is printed. If the electronic mail cannot be deleted from the mail server, identification information corresponding to the undeleted electronic mail is stored, and the image based on the file attached to the electronic mail corresponding to identification information coinciding with the stored identification information is not printed.