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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Miki Kouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Noritada Ohi, Saitama, JP;
Hidemasa Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Miki Kouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Noritada Ohi, Saitama, JP;
Hidemasa Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print-request information inputting unit, an image reading unit, a plurality of image forming units, a plurality of sheet feeding units, a memory unit and a control unit wherein the control unit reading out, when print-request information is inputted, ID information and device information from a memory unit and selects, based on the plural ID information, the device information and the print-request information, an optimum image forming unit that satisfies the print-request information. The control unit further causes the selected image forming unit to execute print processing.