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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitake Mizuno, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/10 (2013.01); H04N 1/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores image data, an obtaining unit that obtains the stored image data, a printing unit that prints an image generated from the obtained image data on a sheet, a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet contained in a containing unit to the printing unit and conveys the sheet on which the image has been formed external to the image forming apparatus, and a detection unit that detects that the obtaining unit did not obtain the stored image data, where the conveyance unit stops conveyance of the sheet based on the detection by the detection unit during the conveyance of the sheet.