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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Koshigaya, Saitama, JP;
Manabu Hada, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Kubota, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Ogawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidetaka Tabuchi, Chiba, JP;
Tsunahito Nakashita, Chiba, JP;
Akitomo Fukui, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit for receiving an instruction given by a user, and according to receipt of a request of a print-and-delivery job from an external apparatus, performs print processing to produce a print and passes the produced print to a print delivery apparatus that delivers a print to a designated delivery destination. A controller controls an order of execution of jobs. In a state in which a print-and-delivery job has been registered in a job queue of the image forming apparatus, in a case where an instruction for executing a predetermined job which cannot be processed in parallel with the print-and-delivery job is received from the operation unit, the controller performs predetermined job priority control for causing the predetermined job to be preferentially executed.