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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Shinsuke Yanazume, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tabito Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nahoko Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsuke Yanazume, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tabito Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nahoko Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is connected to an external device and includes a first receiving unit that receives information indicating a first volume of unprinted print data out of print data capable of being subject to distributed printing from the external device; a deciding unit that decides a second volume of the unprinted print data to undertake in the image processing apparatus for distributed printing on the basis of a predetermined condition upon reception of the information indicating the first volume of the unprinted print data; a first transmitting unit that transmits information indicating the second volume to the external device; and a second receiving unit that receives a piece of the unprinted print data corresponding to the second volume from the external device.