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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuya Niitsuma, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has therein an input device for inputting plural jobs relating to image forming, a specifying device which specifies degree of urgency relating to at least a part of the inputted job, a priority order determining device which determines the priority order of the inputted job based on the specified degree of urgency, and an execution device which executes the inputted job, based on the determined priority order.