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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Masamichi Akashi, Funabashi, JP;
Masamichi Akashi, Funabashi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
In a system in which a print controller and an image forming apparatus are communicably connected, a first paper information to be used by the print controller and a second paper information to be used by the image forming apparatus are both held in the print controller and the image forming apparatus. The first paper information and the second paper information include a common ID for paper data that corresponds between the first and second paper information. In response to a restore instruction, both sets of the first paper information or both sets of the second paper information are merged. ID duplication is eliminated by changing the IDs in regard to paper data in which IDs are duplicated as a result of merging. The first and second paper information to be used by the print controller and the image forming apparatus are updated based on the result of merging.