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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Koji Ikawa, Osaka, JP;
Toyoaki Oku, Osaka, JP;
Muneki Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); B41C 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00915 (2013.01); H04N 1/00925 (2013.01); H04N 1/0096 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a job control unit configured to impose an execution restriction on a job if the number of simultaneously-executed jobs on a function-to-function basis reaches an upper limit value; a guaranteed job count setting unit configured to set a guaranteed job count, wherein the guaranteed job count provides a guaranteed number of simultaneously-executable jobs on a function-to-function basis; and a shared job count setting unit configured to set a shared job count that can be allocated in common to respective functions, which provides the number of simultaneously-executable jobs.