JP2003179717A5

JP2003179717A5 -

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Publication number: JP2003179717A5
Application number: JP2001378855A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2001-12-12
Publication date: 2005-07-28

Claims

An image forming apparatus having a function of reading a document image, generating digital read image data, and printing an image indicated by the read image data,
Storage means having a plurality of storage areas capable of storing the previous SL read image data in a file format,
An area including automatic print information indicating whether or not to enable an automatic print function for automatically printing an image indicated by the read image data when the read image data is stored for each storage area An input means for inputting information,
Determining means for determining whether or not the image forming apparatus is in an operating state;
When the read image data is stored in the storage area in which the automatic print information validates the automatic print function, and the image forming apparatus is not in an operating state by the determination unit Control means for controlling to print the image indicated by the read image data stored in the storage area when it is determined;
An image forming apparatus comprising:

The information for each area further includes time information indicating a time for automatically printing an image when the automatic printing function is enabled,
The control means is the case where the read image data is stored in the storage area in which the automatic print information validates the automatic print function, and the image forming apparatus is operated by the determination means. When the time indicated by the time information corresponding to the storage area is reached, control is performed to print the image indicated by the read image data stored in the storage area. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.

The information for each area further includes retry information indicating a retry time interval when automatically printing an image when the automatic printing function is enabled,
When the determining unit determines that the image forming apparatus is in an operating state, the image forming apparatus is in an operating state at the retry time interval corresponding to the storage area controlled by the control unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus repeatedly determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is satisfied.

The retry information further includes retry number information indicating the number of retries,
When the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus is in an operation state, the upper limit is the number of retries indicated by the retry number information corresponding to the storage area controlled by the control unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image forming apparatus repeatedly determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is in an operating state at the retry time interval corresponding to the storage area.

The information for each area further includes interval information indicating an interval time interval for each read image data when automatically printing a plurality of images when the automatic printing function is enabled,
When controlling to print a plurality of images indicated by a plurality of read image data stored in the storage area, the control means indicates at least the read image data by the interval information corresponding to the storage area. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interval time interval is controlled to be free.

The determination unit further determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is in a sleep state;
When the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus is in a sleep state, the control unit prints an image indicated by the read image data stored in the storage area after canceling the sleep state. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus is controlled as follows.

The determination unit further determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is in a sleep state;
The input unit further includes automatic release information indicating whether or not to enable an automatic release function for automatically canceling the sleep state when the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus is in the sleep state. Input,
The control means is only when the image forming apparatus is determined to be in a sleep state by the determining means, and only when the automatic release information enables the automatic release function. 6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the sleep state of the forming apparatus is canceled, an image indicated by the read image data stored in the storage area is printed. Image forming apparatus.

The input means further inputs release prohibition information indicating a time for prohibiting the release of the sleep state,
The control unit performs control so as to prohibit cancellation of the sleep state when the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus is in the sleep state at the time indicated by the release prohibition information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6 or 7.

The input unit inputs, for each file of read image data, information for each file indicating whether or not to automatically print an image indicated by the read image data when the read image data is stored in the storage area. And
The control means is the case where the read image data is stored in the storage area regardless of whether or not the corresponding automatic print information validates the automatic print function, and When the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus is not in an operation state, and when the per-file information corresponding to the read image data indicates that an image is automatically printed, the read image The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus is controlled to print an image indicated by the data.

The control means controls to print the image indicated by the read image data when the automatic print information corresponding to the storage area in which the read image data is stored validates the automatic print function. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9.

The information for each file further includes print information indicating a print condition when printing the image indicated by the read image data,
The control unit, when controlling to print the image, controls to print the image in accordance with a printing condition indicated by the corresponding print information. The image forming apparatus described in 1.

The per-file information further includes deletion information indicating whether or not to delete the read image data from the storage area after printing of the image indicated by the read image data is completed,
The control means, when controlling to print the image, after printing the image indicated by the read image data only when the corresponding deletion information indicates to delete the read image data, The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the read image data is deleted from the storage area.

A plurality of image forming apparatuses according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
A communication line in which the plurality of image forming apparatuses are communicably connected to each other;
Network system equipped with.

An image forming method of an image forming apparatus having a function of reading a document image, generating digital read image data, and printing an image indicated by the read image data,
  An image indicated by the read image data when the read image data is stored is automatically stored for each storage area of a storage unit having a plurality of storage areas capable of storing the read image data in a file format. Automatic mark indicating whether or not to enable the automatic printing function to print on Enter information for each area that contains printing information,
  Determining whether the image forming apparatus is in an operating state;
  When the read image data is stored in the storage area in which the automatic print information validates the automatic print function, and when it is determined that the image forming apparatus is not in an operation state An image forming method comprising controlling to print an image indicated by the read image data stored in the storage area.