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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Shaun Pinney, Fremont, CA (US);
Hoa HU, Belmont, CA (US);
Shaun Pinney, Fremont, CA (US);
Hoa Hu, Belmont, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method executed by an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the multiple copies of the document; and (d) ejecting one sheet of each of the multiple copies of the document at an ejection speed, that is either greater than or less than an ejection speed of the other sheets of the multiple copies of the document.