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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/127 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1206 (2013.01); G06F 3/1245 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention acquires information of printing setting that can be executed by a printing instruction apparatus, and then determines whether or not printing setting described in the printing setting information is executable in the printing instruction apparatus, on the basis of the acquisition result. Then, when determining that the printing setting is not executable, the image forming apparatus changes the contents of the printing setting in the printing setting information to printing setting suitable for the image forming apparatus.