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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Eijiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Ezura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Eijiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Ezura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus that receives print data from an external device and prints out the print data in response to a print command, a searching unit that searches, when new print data is received from the external device, a storage unit storing therein the print data that includes user information for previous print data that includes user information same as that of the new print data; and a notifying unit that sends, when the searching unit finds the previous print data, a notice to the external device saying that the previous print data is still present in the storage unit.