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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Kouichi Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Ltd., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a request portion that requests, from a server machine, access information used for reading out a job, and an access information reception portion that receives the access information. The server machine includes a job reception portion that receives the job and stores the job into a first area, a second area into which the job is to be stored for the image forming apparatus, a storage portion that stores, therein, second read-out information used for reading out the job from the second area, and a response portion that receives a request, and if there is first read-out information used for reading out the job from the first area, then sends the first read-out information to the image forming apparatus as the access information, and otherwise, moves the job to the second area, and sends the second read-out information to the image forming apparatus.