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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Fumihito Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Koganei, JP;
Masahiro Ozawa, Hino, JP;
Jun Kuroki, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Nogawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yasufumi Aoyama, Hachioji, JP;
Fumihito Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Koganei, JP;
Masahiro Ozawa, Hino, JP;
Jun Kuroki, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Nogawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yasufumi Aoyama, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is equipped with at least a first analyzing section to analyze first print setting information included in the print data and described outside the main body of the document data, a second analyzing section to analyze second print setting information included in the main body of the document data, a memory section having a memory area to memorize print setting information, a print setting control section to update print setting information stored in advance as default data in the memory area for each setting item on the basis of the first print setting information and thereafter to allow print setting information of setting items in the predetermined memory area to be updated further on the basis of the second print setting information except the setting items in which the print setting information has been updated on the basis of the first print setting information.