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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2002
Hideyuki Hashimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Mie Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshihisa Motosugi, Okazaki, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An abnormality that has occurred during execution of a job by an image forming apparatus is detected by a detecting means, an attribute of the sender of the job with which the abnormality occurred is identified by an identifying means, and recipients for abnormality alarm information are determined by an alarm information recipient determining means based on the identification result. Consequently, when an abnormality has occurred during execution of a job by the image forming apparatus, even if the user who sent the job is not able to perform the operation required to eliminate the abnormality, swift elimination of the abnormality can be expected by transmitting abnormality alarm information to persons who are near the image forming apparatus, for example.