JPH11308422A - Image forming device and image forming method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute deletion of a received document in a desired timing by deleting the stored facsimile document after the lapse of a storage time when not in printing so as to revise a print mode of the facsimile reception document. SOLUTION: Data added to a print queue are printed automatically according to a print job TBL when a print condition check section 57 discriminates it that a print condition is checked normally. The print job remains stored in a memory without deleting it. A time measurement section 51 counts up a storage time of each print job independently. When the measured time is over the storage time, the print job is deleted from the memory. On the other hand, when the measured time is not in excess of the storage time, whether or not manual print is made is discriminated depending on whether or not a print end history of a history management section 53 has been changed. When no manual print takes place, the count-up of the storage time is again repeated. When the print history is changed, the count of the print storage time is reset.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a composite image forming apparatus having a digital copy function, a facsimile function, a printer function, and the like, and an image forming method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a complex type image forming apparatus having a digital copy function, a facsimile function, and a printer function, when a facsimile document is received, the document is automatically printed according to a printing method according to a preset function setting. The facsimile document is automatically deleted after the printing. The printing method according to the function setting includes 2
"2i" which prints two originals simultaneously on one sheet of paper in parallel
n1 "and" double-sided printing "for printing two documents on both sides of one sheet.

When a user sets a printing method related to such a function setting, all facsimile received documents are automatically printed by the same printing method until the setting of the printing method is changed next time. Further, the user uses printed documents that are all automatically printed by the same printing method, discharged, and stacked in a discharge bin.

[0004]

However, as described above, in the conventional image forming apparatus, all facsimile received documents are automatically printed in accordance with the same printing method which has already been set in function, and then automatically stored in the memory. Therefore, the facsimile document cannot be reprinted, and the printing mode cannot be distinguished according to its type.

[0005] Generally, facsimile documents have various forms because the sending destination is unspecified.
For this reason, if all facsimile documents are printed by a printing method set in advance, for example, if “2 in 1” is set, “character loss” may occur depending on the document, and the document may not be readable.

Further, when performing stapling, depending on the received facsimile document, the facsimile communication may be performed by turning the original upside down from the other party, so that the document may be printed upside down and stapled as it is. There was a problem. In addition, since the received document is often already deleted, it cannot be reprinted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to appropriately change the printing mode of a facsimile received document and to delete the received document at a desired timing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method which enable printing in a mode in which the type can be distinguished according to the type of a received document.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document receives the facsimile document. Receiving means, printing means for printing the facsimile document on a medium in a predetermined format, holding means for holding the facsimile document printed by the printing means, and measuring the holding time of the facsimile document in the holding means And if the printing unit is performing further printing during the facsimile document holding time by the measuring unit, the holding time is initialized, and further printing is performed by the printing unit. Otherwise, after the elapse of the holding time, the facsimile document held in the holding means is deleted. Image forming apparatus is provided, which comprises a control means for so that control.

According to a second aspect, in an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, receiving means for receiving the facsimile document; holding means for holding the facsimile document; Means for displaying a list of a plurality of facsimile documents received by the means and held in the holding means, selecting means for selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display, and facsimile selected by the selecting means A print format storage unit that stores a plurality of print formats for a document as a predetermined table, and a print unit that reads a table related to a desired print format from the print format storage unit and executes printing based on the print format. And after the facsimile document has been printed by the printing means. Or the facsimile document to continue held in the holding means, for selecting whether to delete hold /
An image forming apparatus comprising: a deletion selecting unit;

According to a third aspect, in an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, receiving means for receiving the facsimile document; holding means for holding the facsimile document; Means for displaying a list of a plurality of facsimile documents received by the means and held in the holding means, selecting means for selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display, and facsimile selected by the selecting means A print format storage unit that stores a plurality of print formats for a document as a predetermined table, and a print unit that reads a table related to a desired print format from the print format storage unit and executes printing based on the print format. And after the facsimile document has been printed by the printing means. Or the facsimile document to continue held in the holding means, for selecting whether to delete hold /
A deletion selecting unit; a measuring unit for measuring the holding time of the facsimile document in the holding unit; and if the printing unit is performing further printing during the holding time of the facsimile document by the measuring unit, the holding is performed. Control means for initializing the time and controlling to delete the facsimile document held in the holding means after the elapse of the holding time if the further printing by the printing means has not been executed. An image forming apparatus is provided.

According to a fourth aspect, in an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function relating to transmission and reception of a facsimile document, a receiving means for receiving the facsimile document and a type of the facsimile document received by the receiving means A document type determining means for determining, a holding means for holding a print medium corresponding to the document type, and a print medium corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determining means; An image forming apparatus is provided, comprising: printing means for printing a document; and holding means for holding the facsimile document printed by the printing means.

According to a fifth aspect, in an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document and performing a predetermined operation based on a print job corresponding to the received facsimile document, , A print job registering unit for registering the print job in a print job queue, a print job extracting unit for arbitrarily extracting the print job from the print job queue, and a print job extracting unit for extracting the print job from the print job queue. A print job deletion unit to be deleted; an addition unit that adds print format information to the print job; a time measurement unit that measures a predetermined time; a measurement result notification unit that notifies a result of the time measurement; History adding means for adding a history to a completed print job, a type of print job and a paper cassette Image forming apparatus is provided, characterized in that it comprises a associating means for associating.

According to a sixth aspect, in an image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a step of receiving the facsimile document; Printing, holding the printed facsimile document, measuring the holding time of the facsimile document, and performing further printing by the printing unit during the holding time of the facsimile document. And if the printing is not being performed, control to delete the held facsimile document after the elapse of the holding time. An image forming method is provided.

In a seventh aspect, in an image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a step of receiving the facsimile document, a step of holding the facsimile document, Displaying a list of the received and held facsimile documents, selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display, and setting a plurality of print formats for the selected facsimile document to a predetermined format. Storing a table relating to a desired print format from among the stored formats, executing printing based on the print format, and, after printing the facsimile document, Keep or delete Image forming apparatus is provided, characterized in that it comprises a step of selecting or.

In an eighth aspect, in an image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a step of receiving the facsimile document, a step of holding the facsimile document, Displaying a list of the received and held facsimile documents, selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display, and setting a plurality of print formats for the selected facsimile document to a predetermined format. Storing a table relating to a desired print format from among the stored formats, executing printing based on the print format, and, after printing the facsimile document, Keep or delete Selecting the facsimile document, measuring the retention time of the facsimile document, and, if further printing is being performed during the retention time of the facsimile document, initializing the retention time; Controlling to delete the held facsimile document after the elapse of the holding time when printing is not executed.

According to a ninth aspect, in an image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function related to transmission and reception of a facsimile document, the step of receiving the facsimile document and the type of the received facsimile document are performed. Determining, selecting a print medium corresponding to the determined document type, printing the facsimile document on the print medium, and holding the printed facsimile document. An image forming method is provided.

According to a tenth aspect, in the image forming apparatus of the multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document and performing a predetermined operation based on a print job corresponding to the received facsimile document, From the print job confirmation operation screen, adding a function setting relating to printing for each document for the selected print job, and selecting whether or not the print job can be deleted after printing is completed. If the user has selected not to delete the print job, the print job is retained, and if the print job has not been printed for a certain period of time, the print job is automatically deleted. And then deleting the image.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the internal structure of a digital copying machine as an image forming apparatus common to all embodiments of the present invention.

That is, the digital copier includes a scanner unit 1 for optically reading image data of an original O, and outputs an image read through the scanner unit 1 onto a recording material, that is, a copy sheet P. And a printer unit 2 for performing the operation.

In the scanner section 1, a document to be copied is placed on a document table 3, and a document O placed on the document table 3 is a fluorescent light as a light source extending in the sub-scanning direction. The reflected light from the original O illuminated by the lamp 4 and illuminated by the fluorescent lamp 4 is photoelectrically converted by a CCD sensor 5 as a photoelectric conversion element, and the image data is converted into the reflected light by an image signal.

A reflector 6 for efficiently converging the illumination light from the fluorescent lamp 4 onto the original O is disposed beside the fluorescent lamp 4, and a reflector 6 is provided between the fluorescent lamp 4 and the CCD sensor 5. Between the original O and the C
A plurality of mirrors 7 for bending an optical path through which a light beam directed to the CD sensor 5, that is, a reflected light beam from the original O passes.
8, 9 and a lens 10 for focusing the reflected light on the light collecting surface of the CCD sensor 5 are arranged.

The optical system for guiding the reflected light from the exposure lamp 4 and the original O to the CCD sensor 5 includes carriages 11 and 12.
And transported in the main scanning direction by a pulse motor (not shown). The area of the original O in the sub-scanning direction is illuminated by the fluorescent lamp 4, and the carriages 11 and 12 are moved in the sub-scanning direction to illuminate the area of the original O in the sub-scanning direction one after another. Illuminated by the fluorescent lamp 4.

A document cover 13 for placing the document O in close contact with the document table 3 is arranged above the document table 3.
The document O can be held down by, for example, an SDF, that is, a semi-automatic document feeder, or an ADF, that is, an automatic document feeder, depending on the size or copying ability of the digital copying machine.

The image forming section as the printer section 2 is provided with a photosensitive drum 14 which is cylindrical and is rotated in a desired direction by a motor or the like (not shown) and charged to a desired potential. ing. When the laser beam is applied to the photosensitive drum 14, the potential of the area irradiated with the laser beam is changed, and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive drum 14.

Around the photosensitive drum 14, a charging device 15 for applying a desired potential to the photosensitive drum 14 and a laser unit 16 for outputting a laser beam modulated on the photosensitive drum 14 in accordance with image data are provided. And the photosensitive drum 1 by the laser beam from the laser unit 16.
A developing device 17 for supplying a developing agent, that is, a toner, to the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum 4 and developing the same, and a visualized toner image on the photoconductive drum 14 developed by the developing device 17 is applied to an electrostatic latent image to be described later. A transfer device 18 for transferring the recording material fed from the recording material feeding unit, that is, a transfer sheet P, and a separating device 19 for separating the copy sheet P from the photosensitive drum 14 are arranged.

The laser unit 16 includes a semiconductor laser oscillator 24 for generating a laser beam, and a polygon mirror for changing the laser beam supplied from the semiconductor laser oscillator 24 via a collimator lens (not shown) into a beam for each line. 25, an fθ lens 26 that changes the laser beam for each scanning line from the polygon mirror 25 into parallel light, a mirror 27 that reflects the parallel light from the lens 26 and guides the parallel light to the photosensitive drum 14, and A mirror motor 28 that rotates the polygon mirror 25 is configured.

On the downstream side of the peeling device 19 in the direction of rotation of the photosensitive drum 14, toner remaining on the surface of the photosensitive drum 14 of the photosensitive drum 14 is removed, and the photosensitive drum is irradiated with a laser beam. A cleaner unit 20 for erasing a change in potential generated on the substrate 14 for the next image formation is arranged. Between the developing device 17 and the transfer device 18, there is provided a recording material feeding unit 21 for feeding a copy sheet P to which the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum 14 is transferred toward the transfer device 18. Are located.

A fixing device 22 for fixing the toner image on the copy paper is provided in the direction in which the copy paper P on which the toner image has been transferred by the transfer device 18 is separated from the photosensitive drum 14. ing. This fixing device 2
A transport device 23 for transporting the copy sheet P toward the fixing device 22 is disposed between the transfer device 2 and the transfer device 18.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the operation panel. In the figure, the operation panel is HELP
Key 30, automatic paper selection key 31, automatic magnification selection key 3
2. Zoom / 100% key 33, paper size key 34,
LCD panel 35, preheat key 36, interrupt key 37,
It comprises an all clear key 38, a clear / stop key 39, a start key 40, a numeric keypad 41, a pause key 42, a total counter display 43, a clip receiver 44 and the like.

In the figure, three function switching keys surrounded by a circle D are a switching key D1 indicating a copy function, a function switching key D2 for a facsimile, and a display next to the key is for communicating with a received document. An indicator indicating the operation state of the alarm, a function switching key D3 of the printer, and an indicator indicating the presence of data in the printer and the state of the alarm. The LCD panel 35 blinks and displays various pictograms to indicate the state of the copying machine.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a time measuring unit 51 that measures the accumulation time of a print job described later, a print job registration unit 52 that registers a print job, History management unit 53, a print job extraction unit 54 for extracting a job from a print job queue, a print job management unit 55 for managing a registered print job, and a print job confirmation for confirming a print job according to a predetermined operation. Operation unit 56,
A print condition checker 57 for checking print conditions; a print job deleter 5 for deleting a job from the print job queue
8, a printing unit 59 that executes printing in accordance with a print job.

Under such a configuration, a print job is controlled in accordance with the screen display of FIG. That is, first, a print job confirmation icon as shown on the screen 101 is displayed, and when the icon is selected, the screen 102 is displayed.
Is displayed on the facsimile reception document, such as the destination, date and time, document size, and number of sheets.

When a print document is selected from these, a display related to a print style as shown on a screen 103 is displayed. On this screen 103, the presence / absence of double-sided printing, short / long in the binding axis direction, and 2in1 /
When 4in1, the number of copies, and the presence / absence of staple are selected and set, and the start key is pressed, a display as shown on the screen 104 is displayed, and whether or not the print job can be deleted can be selected.

After this selection, an instruction for the next printing is displayed as shown on a screen 105. When the user selects to perform printing, the screen 102 is displayed again. When the user does not perform printing, the screen 102 is displayed. 101 is displayed again.

The contents set on the screen 103 and the contents designated by the cassette, the designation of the accumulation time described later, the elapsed printing end time, and the contents of the print execution history are stored as print job tables TBL1 to TBL4 shown in FIG. Is done.

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention based on the above configuration will be described.
The third to third aspects will be described. First, an operation of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

First, a print job for a facsimile received document is waited for (step S101). Here, when a received document is generated, it is added to the print job queue and the print queue. When the print condition check unit 57 determines that the print condition check is normal according to the print job TBL, automatic printing is performed in accordance with the function setting printing method (step S10).
2).

After the completion of the automatic printing, the print job is not deleted from the memory (not shown) but is kept as it is. HDD (Hard Disc Device) is used to hold print jobs
This is solved by having a large storage document area such as (step S103).

Subsequently, the holding time is counted up by the time measuring section 51 independently for each print job (step S1).
04). When the counting up of the holding time is completed, it is determined whether or not the measured time exceeds the accumulation holding time (step S105).

If the measured time exceeds the accumulation hold time, the print job is deleted from a memory (not shown) (step S108). On the other hand, if the holding time has not been exceeded in step S105, it is determined whether manual printing has occurred based on whether the print end history of the history management unit 53 has changed (step S106).

Here, if printing has not occurred, the counting up of the holding time is repeated again in step S104. On the other hand, if the print history has changed, the count-up value of the print holding time is reset. This is to extend the storage time by assuming that printing has been performed and that it is likely to be used for printing again (step S107).

As described above, the count-up of the holding time is repeated in step S104, and when the measured time exceeds the accumulation holding time, the process proceeds to step S108, where the same operation as described above is performed, and all the operations are completed.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of manual printing by the image forming apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. When a print job confirmation icon on the screen 101 is pressed on the LCD touch panel 35 of the control panel of the image printing apparatus (step S201), a list of print jobs that can be printed is displayed on the screen 102 (step S202). Since there are a plurality of print jobs, when it is not possible to display on one screen, it is possible to confirm by scrolling the screen using the next screen key and the previous screen key.

Since the other party can be guessed from the other party, date and time, document size, and number of documents on the screen 102, a desired received document is selected (step S203). This selection method is selected by touching the desired destination, and the next screen 1
03 print method setting screen (step S20)
4). On the print function setting screen, “2in1”, “4in”
1 "," Duplex printing "," Binding axis direction setting for duplex printing ",
Select and set “Number of copies” and “Staple”. The printing method set in this way is stored in the print job TBL assigned for each print job in FIG. This print job T
BL is effective for manual printing. The print job list screen can be canceled and displayed again from this screen. For example, double-sided printing can be set, for example, when it is known from the print job confirmation screen that double-sided printing is possible depending on the other party.

When the setting of the printing function is completed, the printing is started by pressing the start key (steps S205 and S206). After printing is completed, a screen for selecting whether or not to delete the print job is displayed. Here, when "delete" is selected, the print job is deleted from a memory (not shown) and the memory is vacated.

When the user selects "not to delete", the user can use the print job again without deleting from the memory (not shown) (step S207). In either case, a confirmation screen is displayed asking whether to continue printing (step S209). To continue printing, a print job list screen is displayed. If printing is not to be continued (step S209), the print job operation ends.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the image forming apparatus according to the third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, a confidential, bulletin board,
Normally, the print document is associated with the cassette of each paper on the print job TBL, and the type of the received document is confidential red paper,
The bulletin board is printed separately from blue paper and other white paper, so that even if a plurality of documents are mixed in a single bin output tray, it can be easily visually recognized. Further, by using white for the document to be copied and colored paper for the facsimile document, it is possible to distinguish the mixture of types.

That is, the reception of a facsimile document is awaited, and when the facsimile document is actually received (step S
301), it is determined whether the document is a confidential document, a bulletin board document, or a normal document (step S302). If the document is a normal document, the paper is conveyed from the cassette 1 containing the white paper and printed (step S30).
3) If the document is a bulletin board document, the sheet is conveyed from the cassette 2 containing the blue sheet and printed (step S30).
4) If the document is a confidential document or if there is a confidential print request (step S305), the paper is transported from the cassette 3 containing the red paper and printed (step S30).
6) After holding the received document (step S30)
7) End all operations.

As described above, according to the present invention, a facsimile received document is not automatically erased after printing, so that printing can be repeated as needed thereafter. Further, when printing is performed, a printing method can be set for the printing and printing can be performed, so that a printing result can be confirmed and printing can be performed again using a different printing method.

Furthermore, by consciously feeding received documents from different cassettes having different paper colors depending on the type, it is possible to distinguish between confidential paper such as red paper and bulletin board blue paper. Even if a plurality of facsimile documents are mixed in one bin, it can be easily recognized later.

Further, since the job is automatically deleted after the lapse of the storage holding time after the printing is completed, the print document is stored and the memory is not over. If the print history has never been printed, the print job is deleted before the print job is deleted. Furthermore, since the print job can be deleted by the user's intention from the print job confirmation screen, if a specific destination, for example, a received document such as a direct mail document, can be confirmed from the print job confirmation screen, no paper is wasted without printing. .

[0052]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
The printing mode of the facsimile received document can be changed as appropriate,
It is possible to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method that enable the received document to be deleted at a desired timing and that can perform printing in a mode in which the type can be distinguished according to the type of the received document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of an operation panel.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing aspects of various display screens.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job table TBL.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the image forming apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the image forming apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scanner part 2 Printer part 3 Document mounting table 4 Fluorescent lamp 5 CCD sensor 6 Reflector 7 Mirror 8 Mirror 9 Mirror 10 Lens 11 Carriage 12 Carriage 13 Document cover 14 Photoconductor drum 15 Charging device 16 Laser unit 17 Developing device 18 Transfer device 19 Peeling device 20 Cleaner unit 21 Recording material feeding unit 22 Fixing device 23 Conveying device 24 Semiconductor laser oscillator 25 Polygon mirror 26 Lens 27 Mirror 28 Mirror motor

Claims (10)

[Claims] An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document, a printing unit for printing the facsimile document on a medium in a predetermined format, Holding means for holding the facsimile document printed by the printing means; measuring means for measuring the holding time of the facsimile document in the holding means; and updating by the printing means during the holding time of the facsimile document by the measuring means. When the printing is performed, the holding time is initialized, and when no further printing is performed by the printing unit, the holding time is held in the holding unit after the lapse of the holding time. Control means for controlling deletion of a facsimile document. Location. 2. An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document, a holding unit for holding the facsimile document, and a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document. Display means for displaying a list of a plurality of facsimile documents held by the holding means; selecting means for selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display; and a plurality of facsimile documents selected by the selecting means. A print format storage unit that stores the print format of the print format as a predetermined table; a print unit that reads a table related to a desired print format from the print format storage unit and executes printing based on the print format; After printing the facsimile document by Or a Shimiri document to continue held in the holding means, the image forming apparatus characterized by comprising a holding / deletion selection means for selecting whether to delete a. 3. An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function relating to transmission and reception of a facsimile document, a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document, a holding unit for holding the facsimile document, and a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document. Display means for displaying a list of a plurality of facsimile documents held by the holding means; selecting means for selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display; and a plurality of facsimile documents selected by the selecting means. A print format storage unit that stores the print format of the print format as a predetermined table; a print unit that reads a table related to a desired print format from the print format storage unit and executes printing based on the print format; After printing the facsimile document by Holding / deletion selecting means for selecting whether to hold or delete the simulcast document in the holding means, measuring means for measuring the facsimile document holding time in the holding means, and facsimile document holding time by the measuring means If further printing is being performed by the printing means during the above, the holding time is initialized, and if further printing is not being performed by the printing means, after the elapse of the holding time, Control means for controlling to delete the facsimile document held in the holding means. 4. An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, a receiving unit for receiving the facsimile document, and a document type for determining a type of the facsimile document received by the receiving unit Determining means; holding means for holding a print medium corresponding to the document type; and a print medium corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determining means, and printing the facsimile document on the medium. An image forming apparatus comprising: a printing unit; and a holding unit that holds the facsimile document printed by the printing unit. 5. An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document and performing a predetermined operation based on a print job corresponding to the received facsimile document. Job management means, print job registration means for registering the print job in a print job queue, print job extraction means for arbitrarily extracting the print job from the print job queue, and print job for deleting the print job from the print job queue Deleting means; adding means for adding print format information to the print job; time measuring means for measuring a predetermined time; measurement result notifying means for notifying the result of the time measurement; and a print job for which printing has been completed. History adding means for adding a history to the print job, and associating the print job type with the paper cassette And an associating unit. 6. An image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, the method comprising: receiving the facsimile document; and printing the facsimile document on a medium in a predetermined format. Holding the facsimile document on which the printing has been performed; measuring the holding time of the facsimile document; and performing further printing by the printing means during the holding time of the facsimile document. Controlling the initial setting of the holding time and, if no further printing is performed, deleting the held facsimile document after the elapse of the holding time. Image forming method. 7. An image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, the method comprising: receiving the facsimile document; holding the facsimile document; Displaying a list of a plurality of stored facsimile documents; selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display; storing a plurality of print formats for the selected facsimile document as a predetermined table Reading a table related to a desired print format from the stored format, and executing printing based on the print format. After the printing of the facsimile document is completed, the facsimile document is held continuously. Or delete An image forming apparatus comprising: the step that, a. 8. An image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, the method comprising: receiving the facsimile document; holding the facsimile document; Displaying a list of a plurality of stored facsimile documents; selecting a facsimile document desired to be printed from the list display; storing a plurality of print formats for the selected facsimile document as a predetermined table Reading a table related to a desired print format from the stored format, and executing printing based on the print format. After the printing of the facsimile document is completed, the facsimile document is held continuously. Or delete Measuring the holding time of the facsimile document; and, if further printing is being performed during the holding time of the facsimile document, initializing the holding time and executing the further printing. If not, controlling to delete the stored facsimile document after the lapse of the holding time. 9. An image forming method by an image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function for transmitting and receiving a facsimile document, wherein: a step of receiving the facsimile document; and a step of determining a type of the received facsimile document. Selecting a print medium corresponding to the determined document type, printing the facsimile document on the print medium, and holding the printed facsimile document. Image forming method. 10. An image forming apparatus of a multifunction peripheral having at least a facsimile function related to transmission and reception of a facsimile document and performing a predetermined operation based on a print job corresponding to the received facsimile document. Selecting from the operation screen; adding a function setting relating to printing for each document with respect to the selected print job; selecting whether or not to delete the print job after printing is completed; If the deletion is not selected, the print job is retained, and if the print job has not been printed for a certain period of time, the print job is automatically deleted. An image forming method.