JP6756255B2 - Image forming device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus.

Conventionally, an image forming apparatus has been proposed in which a print job with a specified time is prioritized over a print job without a specified time to complete the print job by a specified time, that is, a completion time (for example, a patent). Reference 1). Further, an image forming apparatus has been proposed in which a print job related to a person who cancels an error such as a jam is prioritized over other print jobs (see, for example, Patent Document 2). Further, an image forming apparatus for executing an interrupt job when the completion time of the interrupt job does not exceed the start time of the print job for which the time is specified has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-210159 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-012908 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-049758

However, the prior art described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 prints both a print job in which a completion time is specified and a print job related to an error clearer who clears an error such as a jam on paper. If there is a job, there is no specific mention of how to share and use the image forming apparatus. For example, even if a user cancels an error that has occurred in the image forming apparatus as an error canceller, a print job with a specified completion time is prioritized over a print job related to the error clearer. , The print job associated with the error clearer may have to wait a long time until the print job with the specified completion time is completed. Further, when the print job related to the error canceller has priority over the print job for which the completion time is specified, the print job for which the completion time is specified may not be completed by the completion time. Therefore, there may be a situation in which it is not possible to give priority to the print job related to the person who cleared the error while surely completing the print job for which the completion time is specified by the completion time. That is, there may be a situation in which the processing order of the print job for which the completion time is specified and the print job related to the error clearer cannot be appropriately controlled.

This disclosure has been made in view of such a situation, so that the processing order of the print job for which the completion time is specified and the print job related to the error clearer can be appropriately controlled. It is something to do.

The image forming apparatus according to the first aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication interface unit that accepts an incoming print job and an image forming unit that forms an image on paper based on the print job accepted by the communication interface unit. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit in which a storage area for holding the print job is formed, and the image forming unit is controlled based on the print job held in the storage area formed in the storage unit. A control unit that generates a control command is provided, and when the print job is a reservation job, the control command is provided to the reservation control instruction for completing printing between the start time and the completion time, and the image forming unit. When an error occurs, the print job includes an order control instruction for controlling the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the person who cancels the error, and the processing order includes the completion time. Based on the location where the user related to the reserved job is located, the start time, the completion time, the print time required for the reserved job, and the print time required for the related job, the reserved job and the related Either one of the jobs comes first.

Of the print jobs, the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the error canceller is the location where the user related to the reserved job is at the completion time, the start time of the reserved job, and the completion time of the reserved job. Based on the print time required for the reserved job and the print time required for the related job, either the reserved job or the related job comes first. Therefore, the priority of the print job is determined based on the location of the person related to the reserved job, the time related to the reserved job, and the time related to the related job. The reserved job is a print job for which a completion time is specified, and the related job is a print job related to the person who cleared the error. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately control the processing order of the print job for which the completion time is specified and the print job related to the person who cleared the error.

Further, it is preferable that the person who cancels the error corresponds to at least one of the instructor for issuing the related job and the worker who is associated with the instructor and who cancels the error.

Further, when it is determined that the reservation job is not completed by the completion time due to the processing of the reservation job after the related job is processed, the order control instruction gives the reservation job first. It is preferable to process it.

Further, the order control instruction is related to the case where the error release time has passed the completion time and the user related to the reserved job is not in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred at the error release time. It is preferable to process the job or the waiting job included in the print job first.

Further, in the order control instruction, when the cancellation time of the error has passed the completion time and the user related to the reservation job is in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred at the cancellation time of the error, the reservation is made. It is preferable to process the job first.

Further, when the user related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurs while the related job or the waiting job is being processed, the order control instruction processes the reserved job. It is preferable to switch to.

Further, the printing of the order control instruction is completed between the time when the related job is processed and the time when the user related to the reserved job arrives in front of the machine in which the error occurs. When there is a possible waiting job, it is preferable to process the waiting job before the reserved job.

Further, a plurality of ejection trays for ejecting the paper on which the image is formed by the image forming unit are further provided, and the order control instruction is described while the related job or the waiting job is being processed. When a user related to a reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred, a discharge tray different from the one used for the related job or the waiting job among the plurality of discharge trays is set as the discharge destination. It is preferable to switch to the processing of the reserved job.

According to the first aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control the processing order of the print job for which the completion time is specified and the print job related to the error clearer.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure example of the image forming apparatus 1 to which this disclosure is applied. It is a sequence diagram of the print job in the first case. It is a sequence diagram of the print job in the second case. It is a sequence diagram of the print job in the third case. It is a sequence diagram of the print job in the 4th case. It is a sequence diagram of the print job in the fifth case. It is a flowchart explaining the control example of the image forming apparatus 1. It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the image forming apparatus 1 provided with a plurality of discharge trays 21. It is a flowchart explaining the control example of the image forming apparatus 1 concretely.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments. The program of the present disclosure is, for example, a program provided to an information processing device or a computer system capable of executing various program codes, for example, by a storage medium. By executing such a program in an information processing device or a program execution unit on a computer program, processing according to the program is realized. Further, in the present specification, the system is a logical set configuration of a plurality of devices, and the devices of each configuration are not limited to those in the same housing.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of the image forming apparatus 1 to which the present disclosure is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 1 includes an image reading unit 11, an image forming unit 13, a storage unit 15, a communication interface unit 17, and a control unit 19. The image forming unit 13 includes an exposure device, a photosensitive drum, a developing device, a transfer belt, and a fixing device. The image forming unit 13 develops by supplying toners of different colors to the photosensitive drum by an exposure apparatus based on the image data of the original document read by the image reading unit 11. The image forming unit 13 transfers the toner image developed on the photosensitive drum by the transfer belt to the recording paper. The image forming unit 13 fixes the color image on the recording paper by melting the toner of the toner image transferred to the recording paper with a fixing device. The storage unit 15 is formed with a storage area for holding a print job. In addition, various modules are expanded in the storage unit 15 and executed by the control unit 19. Specifically, the various modules include a print module, a control module, a reserved job holding module, a reserved job user position detection module, an error canceler detection module, an error canceler determination module, a job processing order control module, and a job schedule. It is a module or the like and is composed of a plurality of programs. Of the above modules, the job schedule module calculates the time required for a print job. Among the above modules, the job processing order control module executes job processing order control based on the calculation result of the job schedule module. The communication interface unit 17 receives a print job arriving from the external terminal 31. The control unit 19 is mainly composed of a ROM, a RAM, a CPU, and an I / O interface unit, and executes various modules developed in the storage unit 15. Specifically, the control unit 19 generates a control command for controlling the image forming unit 13 based on the print job held in the storage area formed in the storage unit 15. The image forming unit 13 described above forms an image on paper based on the print job accepted by the communication interface unit 17.

When the print job is a reserved job, the control command prints with a reservation control instruction to complete printing between the start time and the completion time, and when an error occurs in the image forming unit 13, the error is cleared. Among the jobs, the order control instruction for controlling the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the error canceller is included. The processing order is based on the location where the user A related to the reserved job is at the completion time, the start time, the completion time, the print time required for the reserved job, and the print time required for the related job, and the reserved job and the related. At least one of the jobs comes first. The control command is one or more programs. In other words, when the print job is a reserved job, the one or more programs executed by the image forming apparatus 1 include a reservation control instruction for completing printing between the start time and the completion time, and the image forming unit 13. When an error occurs in, the print job includes an order control instruction for controlling the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the person who cleared the error, triggered by the cancellation of the error.

The person who clears the error corresponds to at least one of the instructor who issues the related job and the worker who is associated with the instructor and who clears the error. The order control instruction causes the reserved job to be processed first when it is determined that printing is not completed by the completion time of the reserved job because the reserved job is processed after the related job is processed. The sequence control instruction is a wait included in the related job or the print job when the error release time has passed the completion time and the user A related to the reserved job is not in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the error release time. Process the jobs inside first. On the other hand, in the order control instruction, if the error cancellation time is past the reservation job completion time and the user A related to the reservation job is in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the error cancellation time, the reservation job is preceded. To process.

The order control instruction switches to the processing of the reserved job when the user A related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurs while the related job or the waiting job is being processed. Of the print jobs, the sequence control instruction is a waiting job that can be printed between the time when the related job is processed and the time when the user A related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred. If there is, the waiting job is processed before the reserved job.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram of a print job in the first case. The completion time of the reserved job of user A is 11:00 am. The printing time required for the reservation job of user A is 5 minutes. The start time of the reserved job of user A is 10:50 am. The time when the jam occurred in the middle of printing is 10:30 am. It is assumed that the time when the jam is released by user B is 10:40 am. The print time required for the user B print job, that is, the related job related to the error clearer, is 7 minutes. Therefore, when printing is started immediately after the error is cleared, the end time of the related job is 10:47 am.

Therefore, even if the print job of user B, that is, the related job is prioritized, the processing of the related job is completed at 10:47 am. Therefore, the reserved job can start printing at 10:50 am as scheduled and finish by 10:55 am, so that it will be completed by the scheduled completion time. Therefore, even if the print order is to perform the reservation job after the related job related to the error canceller comes first, the reservation job can finish the processing at the completion time as reserved.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a print job in the second case. The completion time of the reserved job of user A is 11:00 am. The printing time required for the reservation job of user A is 5 minutes. The start time of the reserved job of user A is 10:50 am. The time when the jam occurred in the middle of printing is 10:30 am. It is assumed that the time when the jam is released by user B is 10:50 am. The print time required for the user B print job, that is, the related job related to the error clearer, is 7 minutes. Therefore, when printing is started immediately after the error is cleared, the end time of the related job is 10:57 am.

Therefore, if priority is given to the print job of user B, that is, the related job, the reserved job starts at 10:57 am, which is later than the schedule, and ends at 11:02 am, so that the scheduled completion time is reached. Does not complete. If the reserved job is prioritized, the reserved job starts at 10:50 am and ends at 10:55 am, so that the reserved job is completed by the scheduled completion time. The reservation job is conditioned on the user A coming to pick up the printed matter at 11:00 am at the completion time. Therefore, in this case, it is preferable that the reserved job comes first and the related job comes later in the printing order.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of a print job in the third case. The completion time of the reserved job of user A is 11:00 am. The printing time required for the reservation job of user A is 5 minutes. The start time of the reserved job of user A is 10:50 am. The time when the jam occurred in the middle of printing is 10:30 am. It is assumed that the time when the jam is released by user B is 11:05 am. The print time required for the user B print job, that is, the related job related to the error clearer, is 7 minutes. Therefore, when printing is started immediately after the error is cleared, the end time of the related job is 11:12 am. User A has not arrived in front of the image forming apparatus 1, that is, in front of the aircraft at 11:05 am.

Therefore, if the print job of user B, that is, the related job is prioritized, the reserved job is started at 11:12 am, which is later than the schedule, and the end time is 11:17 am, so that the scheduled completion time is reached. Does not complete. If the reserved job is prioritized, the reserved job starts at 11:05 am and ends at 11:10 am, so that the reserved job is not completed by the scheduled completion time. The reservation job is conditioned on the user A coming to pick up the printed matter at 11:00 am at the completion time, but is not in front of the aircraft at 11:00 am. Therefore, it is determined that the user A has no intention of taking the printed matter. Therefore, in this case, it is preferable that the related job comes first and the reserved job comes later in the printing order.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of a print job in the fourth case. The completion time of the reserved job of user A is 11:00 am. The printing time required for the reservation job of user A is, for example, 5 minutes based on the number of printed sheets. The start time of the reserved job of user A is 10:50 am. The time when the jam occurred in the middle of printing is 10:30 am. It is assumed that the time when the jam is released by user B is 11:05 am. The print time required for the user B print job, that is, the related job related to the error clearer, is 7 minutes. Therefore, when printing is started immediately after the error is cleared, the end time of the related job is 11:12 am. The user A has arrived in front of the image forming apparatus 1, that is, in front of the aircraft at 11:00.

The difference between the fourth case and the third case is that the user A is in front of the aircraft at 11:00 am. Therefore, it is determined that the user A has a desire to take the printed matter as soon as possible. Therefore, in this case, it is preferable that the reserved job comes first and the related job comes later in the printing order.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of a print job in the fifth case. The completion time of the reserved job of user A is 11:00 am. The printing time required for the reservation job of user A is, for example, 5 minutes based on the number of printed sheets. The start time of the reserved job of user A is 10:50 am. The time when the jam occurred in the middle of printing is 10:30 am. It is assumed that the time when the jam is released by user B is 11:05 am. The print time required for the user B print job, that is, the related job related to the error clearer, is 7 minutes. Therefore, when printing is started immediately after the error is cleared, the end time of the related job is 11:12 am. On the other hand, the print time required for the print job of user C, that is, the waiting job is 3 minutes. Therefore, when the waiting job of the user C is started following the related job of the user B, the end time of the waiting job of the user C is 11:15 am. User A arrives in front of the image forming apparatus 1, that is, in front of the aircraft at 11:23 am.

Therefore, even if users B and C transition from the state of waiting for printing due to the occurrence of jam to the jam release state at the jam release time and then to the state in which the related job of user B is completed, user A is the aircraft. Not in front of. Therefore, the printed matter by the reservation job of the user A may be obtained by the time the user A arrives. Therefore, if the movement speed of the user A is calculated by using a sensor or the like and the printing order is scheduled, it may be possible to print by the waiting job of the user C who is still waiting for printing. Therefore, the printing order in this case may be controlled in the order of the related job, the waiting job, and the reserved job.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control example of the image forming apparatus 1. In step S11, it is determined whether or not the jam has been released. In step S12 (step S11; Y), it is determined whether or not the time exceeds the time of the reserved job. In step S13 (step S12; Y), it is determined whether or not the user A of the reserved job is in front of the aircraft. In step S14 (step S13; Y), the reserved job of user A is processed first, and the related job of user B is processed later. In step S15 (step S13; N), which is the opposite of step S14 (step S13; Y), the related job of user B is processed first, and the reserved job of user A is processed later. In step S16 (step S12; N), it is determined whether or not the reserved job can be completed by the time even if the related job of the jammed user B is inserted. In step S17 (step S16; Y), the related job of the user B is processed first, and the reserved job of the user A is controlled to be processed later. In step S18 (step S16; N), which is the opposite of step S17 (step S16; Y), the reserved job of user A is processed first, and the related job of user B is processed later.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the image forming apparatus 1 provided with a plurality of discharge trays 21. As shown in FIG. 8, the image forming apparatus 1 further includes a plurality of ejection trays 21 for ejecting the paper on which the image is formed by the image forming unit 13. When the user A related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurs while the related job or the waiting job is being processed, the sequence control instruction is the related job among the plurality of discharge trays 21. Alternatively, the discharge tray 21 different from the one used for the waiting job is set as the discharge destination, and then the processing of the reserved job is switched. For example, when the top of the plurality of discharge trays 21 is used for a related job or a waiting job, the one other than the top is used for processing the reserved job.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control example of the image forming apparatus 1 in detail. In an example of FIG. 9, the processes after step S12 of FIG. 7 will be specifically described. In step S31, it is determined whether or not the error release time has passed the completion time and the user A related to the reserved job is in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred at the error release time. In step S32 (step S31; Y), the reserved job is processed first. In step S33 (step S31; N), the related job or the waiting job is processed first. In step S34, it is determined whether or not the related job or the waiting job is being processed. In step S35 (step S34; Y), it is determined whether or not the user A related to the reserved job has arrived in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred. In step S36 (step S35; Y), it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of discharge trays 21. In step S37 (step S36; Y), a discharge tray 21 different from the related job or the waiting job is selected. In step S38, the job is switched to the reserved job and the process ends. In step S39 (step S35; N), it is determined whether or not the related job has been processed. In step S40 (step S39; Y), it is determined whether or not there is a waiting job. In step S41 (step S40; Y), the waiting job is processed before the reserved job, and the process proceeds to the process of step S38.

From the above description, in the present disclosure, among the print jobs, the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the error canceller is the place where the user A related to the reserved job is present at the completion time of the reserved job. Based on the start time of the reserved job, the completion time of the reserved job, the print time required for the reserved job, and the print time required for the related job, either the reserved job or the related job comes first. Therefore, the priority of the print job is determined based on the location of the person related to the reserved job, the time related to the reserved job, and the time related to the related job. The reserved job is a print job for which a completion time is specified, and the related job is a print job related to the person who cleared the error. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately control the processing order of the print job for which the completion time is specified and the print job related to the person who cleared the error.

Further, in the present disclosure, the person who clears the error corresponds to at least one of the worker who is associated with the instructor of issuing the related job and the instructor of issuing the related job and who cancels the error. .. Therefore, the person who clears the error is the instructor of issuing the related job, the worker who is associated with the instructor and cancels the error, and the instructor and the worker. And are applicable. In any case, the person who clears the error is the person who is directly or indirectly related to the related job. Therefore, if the processing order of the related jobs comes first, the related jobs are printed first, so that the motivation to clear the error of the image forming unit 13 can be improved.

In addition, like the error cancelant, the user A related to the reserved job is associated with the instructor for issuing the reserved job and the instructor for issuing the reserved job, and comes to pick up the printed matter after the reservation job is completed. It corresponds to at least one of the workers. Therefore, the user A related to the reserved job may be an instructor for issuing the reserved job, a worker who is associated with the instructor and who comes to retrieve the printed matter after the reservation job is completed, and the case. This applies to the case of being an instructor and a worker. In any case, the user A associated with the reserved job is a person directly or indirectly associated with the reserved job. Therefore, if the processing order of the reserved jobs comes first, the reserved jobs are printed first, so that the intention to take the printed matter as soon as possible can be satisfied.

Further, in the present disclosure, if it is determined that printing is not completed by the completion time of the reserved job because the reserved job is processed after the related job is processed, the reserved job is processed first. Therefore, the completion time of the reserved job can be strictly adhered to.

Further, in the present disclosure, when the error cancellation time is past the reservation job completion time and the user A related to the reservation job is not in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the error cancellation time, the related job or printing is performed. The waiting job included in the job is processed first. Since the error cancellation time has passed the reservation job completion time, the processing is not completed by the reservation job completion time even if the reservation job is processed when the error is cleared. Similarly, even if the related job or the waiting job is processed when the error is cleared, the processing is not completed by the completion time of the reserved job. Further, even if the error is cleared, the user A related to the reserved job is not in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred, and therefore has no intention of taking the printed matter by the completion time of the reserved job. Therefore, in the above case, since the related job or the waiting job is processed first, the related job or the waiting job is printed first. Therefore, it is possible to improve the motivation to cancel the error of the image forming unit 13.

Further, in the present disclosure, when the error cancellation time is past the reservation job completion time and the user A related to the reservation job is in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the error cancellation time, the reservation job comes first. Will be processed. Since the error cancellation time has passed the reservation job completion time, the processing is not completed by the reservation job completion time even if the reservation job is processed when the error is cleared. Similarly, even if the related job or the like is processed when the error is cleared, the processing is not completed by the completion time of the reserved job. However, since the user A related to the reserved job is in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the time when the error is cleared, he / she intends to take the printed matter by the completion time of the reserved job. Therefore, in the above case, since the reserved job is processed first, the reserved job is printed first. Therefore, the user A related to the reserved job can take the printed matter as soon as possible.

Further, in the present disclosure, if the user A related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurs while the related job is being processed, the processing of the reserved job is switched to. Specifically, it is determined that the user A related to the reserved job has no intention of taking the printed matter by the completion time of the reserved job because the user A related to the reserved job was not in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred even at the error cancellation time. , The related job and the like have been processed first, but since the user A related to the reserved job arrived in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred, it can be determined that he / she intends to take the printed matter. Therefore, by processing the reserved job in the middle of processing the related job or the like, the user A related to the reserved job can be made to take the printed matter.

Further, in the present disclosure, among the print jobs, the user A related to the reserved job is waiting for printing to be completed between the processing of the related job and the arrival in front of the machine in which the error has occurred. If there is a job in, the waiting job is processed before the reserved job. Therefore, since no useless idle time is provided in the image forming unit 13, the resource of the image forming unit 13 can be effectively utilized.

Further, in the present disclosure, when the user A related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error occurs while the related job or the waiting job is being processed, the related job or the waiting job is generated. Of the plurality of discharge trays 21, the discharge tray 21 different from the one used for the related job or the waiting job is set as the discharge destination, and then the processing of the reserved job is switched. Even if it is the error cancellation time, user A related to the reserved job was not in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred, so it was judged that he did not intend to take the printed matter by the completion time of the reserved job, and the related job etc. came first. However, it can be determined that the user A related to the reservation job is willing to take the printed matter because he / she arrived in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred. Therefore, the reserved job is processed in the middle of the processing of the related job and the like, and is discharged to another discharge tray 21, so that the user A related to the reserved job can easily take the printed matter.

Although the image forming apparatus 1 which is one aspect of the present disclosure has been described above based on the embodiment, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present disclosure. Good. For example, an example in which there is one reserved job has been described, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this. For example, there may be two or more reserved jobs.

1 image forming device, 11 image reading unit, 13 image forming unit, 15 storage unit,
17 Communication interface unit, 19 Control unit, 21 Ejection tray, 31 External terminal

Claims (8)

A communication interface that accepts incoming print jobs,
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on paper based on the print job accepted by the communication interface unit.
A storage unit in which a storage area for holding the print job is formed,
A control unit that generates a control command for controlling the image forming unit based on the printing job held in the storage area formed in the storage unit.
With
The control command is
When the print job is a reservation job, a reservation control instruction for completing printing between the start time and the completion time and a reservation control instruction
When an error occurs in the image forming unit, an order control instruction for controlling the processing order of the reserved job and the related job related to the person who cancels the error among the print jobs, and
Including
The processing order is
The reserved job is based on the place where the user related to the reserved job is located at the completed time, the start time, the completed time, the print time required for the reserved job, and the print time required for the related job. And one of the related jobs comes first,
Image forming device. The person who cleared the error
It corresponds to at least one of the instructor for issuing the related job and the worker who is associated with the instructor and cancels the error.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. The order control instruction is
When it is determined that printing is not completed by the completion time due to the processing of the reserved job after the related job is processed, the reserved job is processed first.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The order control instruction is
If the error cancellation time has passed the completion time and the user associated with the reserved job is not in front of the aircraft in which the error occurred at the error cancellation time, the error is included in the related job or the print job. Process the waiting job first,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The order control instruction is
When the release time of the error is past the completion time and the user related to the reserved job is in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred at the release time of the error, the reserved job is processed first.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The order control instruction is
If a user related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred while processing the related job or the waiting job, the processing of the reserved job is switched to.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 4. The order control instruction is
Among the print jobs, the waiting job whose printing can be completed between the time when the related job is processed and the time when the user related to the reserved job arrives in front of the machine in which the error has occurred If there is, the waiting job is processed before the reserved job.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 4. A plurality of ejection trays to which the image-formed paper is ejected by the image forming portion,
With more
The order control instruction is
If a user related to the reserved job arrives in front of the aircraft in which the error has occurred while processing the related job or the waiting job, the related job or the related job among the plurality of discharge trays A discharge tray different from the one used for the waiting job is set as the discharge destination, and then the processing of the reserved job is switched.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 4.

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