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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Toyokawa, JP;
Mie Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshimi Shinchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Atsushi Tomita, Toyohashi, JP;
Tomoko Maruyama, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email at a predetermined time; a print outputting part for producing a printed output of data contained in the received email; a stop controlling part for temporarily suspending the receiving process by the receiving part or the process to produce the printed output by the print outputting part; a determining part for receiving an input of instruction information specifying a processing to process the received email and determining the processing to process the received email in accordance with the input instruction information while the stop controlling part is temporarily suspending the process; and an email processing part for performing the processing determined by the determining part to process the received email while the process is being temporarily suspended by the stop controlling part or after the temporary suspension by the stop controlling part is cancelled.