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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2019
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kazusei Takahashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yuki Asai, Itami, JP;
Katsuhiko Akita, Amagasaki, JP;
Shinya Hashimoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that may communicate with a server, which may include: a storage that stores a virus pattern file; and a hardware processor that discriminates, when a transition is made from a state in which power supply to the hardware processor is interrupted to a state in which the power supply to the hardware processor is made, whether the virus pattern file in the storage is a latest version, in communication with the server, includes an updater that updates, when discriminating that the virus pattern file is not the latest version, the virus pattern file to a virus pattern file from the server, discriminates whether a job accepted is a first type of job using data from outside the image forming apparatus or a second type of job using data generated inside the image forming apparatus, and executes the first type after the update by the updater.