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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Yuka Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiko Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiko Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein print data and first converted data obtained by reflecting a first print condition in the print data and converting the print data into a printable form; an input receiving unit that receives an input of a reprint instruction to reprint the first converted data; an acquiring unit that acquires a second print condition for reprinting the first converted data; a determining unit that determines whether the first converted data is printable in the second print condition by comparing the acquired second print condition against the first print condition; a converting unit that converts, when it is determined that the first converted data is unprintable in the second print condition, the print data into second converted data by reflecting the second print condition in the print data; a print control unit prints out the second converted data.