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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Oda, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Chiba, JP;
Yuko Kiyota, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to which a sheet treating apparatus is to be connected includes a communication device, having a serial port used for serial communication with the sheet treating apparatus and a parallel port used for parallel communication with the sheet treating apparatus, to communicate with the sheet treating apparatus, and one or more processors. At least one of the one or more processors operates to determine a communication method to communicate with the sheet treating apparatus based on configuration information representing a connection configuration of the sheet treating apparatus, and switch an operation of the serial port such that the serial port of the communication device is used in the parallel communication in a case where a determined communication method is a method in which the parallel communication is performed and the serial communication is not performed.