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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Kaori Ozeki, Shizuoka, JP;
Taijirou Sueishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Bamba, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Chubachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaori Ozeki, Shizuoka, JP;
Taijirou Sueishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Bamba, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Chubachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.