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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Tomoko Otomaru, Machida, JP;
Kazuto Yamamoto, Koganei, JP;
Tomoko Otomaru, Machida, JP;
Kazuto Yamamoto, Koganei, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A variable printing system includes: an image forming apparatus including an engine for variable printing; a device communicatively connected to the image forming apparatus; a first control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device; and a second control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device. The first control section acquires setting information of the engine corresponding to a job instructing variable printing, and performs one of adding the setting information into the job, and storing the setting information in a form of a database. The second control section analyses an output result of a job which has been executed and setting information of the engine corresponding to the job, and instructs the engine, based on a result of the analysis, to change a setting of the engine corresponding to a job to be executed or being executed.