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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Taiga Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Taiga Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device and associated method for job execution are provided. An interrupted job storage unit of the image reading device is configured to interrupt a first job and to store an interrupted job information that relates to the first job in the storage unit when a job setting initiation sheet that indicates an initiation of a second job is received while the first job is being executed. An interruption job confirmation unit is configured to set the second job as an in-execution job when the job setting initiation sheet is received. An interrupted job reading unit is configured to read the interrupted job information that relates to the first job from the storage unit and to set the first job as the in-execution job when a job setting termination sheet that indicates a termination of the second job is received.