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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuto Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1211 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies processing target data that is not processable in the image forming apparatus, a transmission unit that transmits the processing target data to the external apparatus before reception of at least one of a print instruction and a preview display instruction with respect to the processing target data identified by the identification unit, and a receiving unit that receives processing target data that has been processed in the external apparatus.