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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Takahiro Kano, Toyonaka, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Takahiro Kano, Toyonaka, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a portion to receive a print job, a portion to generate print data of the print job, a portion to perform prescribed processing on the print data to convert it into processed data, a portion to form an image of the print data or the processed data, a portion to generate first reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed under a print condition included in the print job and when an image is formed under a predetermined print condition, a portion to generate second reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed from the print data and when an image is formed from the processed data, and a portion to store history information which associates the first and second reduction information with the print job.