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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Jun Kunioka, Kawanishi, JP;
Ayumi Itoh, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawabata, Kawanishi, JP;
Hidetaka Iwai, Itami, JP;
Jun Kunioka, Kawanishi, JP;
Ayumi Itoh, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawabata, Kawanishi, JP;
Hidetaka Iwai, Itami, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with: a job data reception processing portion that receives a command to print a web page and a conditional expression used to search for that web page from a terminal; a print execution processing portion that causes a printing device to print a web page based on the received command; a web browser portion that causes a search engine to search for a web page based on the received conditional expression and receives the results of that search; and a window display processing portion that causes the obtained results to be displayed in a display. The web browser portion furthermore obtains a web page selected by a user from the displayed results, and the print execution processing portion causes the printing device to print the obtained web page.