IP Library Patent Application 16543623
Patent Application
App. No. 16/543,623

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PRINT JOB TIME MANANGEMENT

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16/543,623
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a management section and an instruction section. The management section manages, in a case of accepting a print job, first information for identifying matter of content included in the print job in association with the print job. The instruction section gives, in a case where second information accepted from an information processing apparatus matches the first information, an instruction for executing the print job associated with the first information.

Claims (22)

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising a processor, configured to:

manage, in a case of accepting a print job, first information for identifying matter of content included in the print job in association with the print job; and

give, in a case where second information accepted from an information processing apparatus matches the first information, an instruction for executing the print job associated with the first information, wherein the first information and the second information are a hash value independently generated on the basis of the content or part of the content.

2 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first information and the second information are calculated on the basis of the content.

3 . (canceled)

4 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first information and the second information are calculated on the basis of the content and predetermined information.

5 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined information is at least one piece of information that is included in the print job and that defines a print condition.

6 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined information is a fixed value agreed upon in advance with the information processing apparatus.

7 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , the processor is further configured to output, in a case where the first information that matches the second information is not present, a message indicating absence of a print job specified via the information processing apparatus.

8 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the message to the information processing apparatus.

9 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein even in a case where execution of the print job has been confirmed, the print job is not deleted.

10 . The image forming apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the print job is deleted after an elapse of a predetermined time since a time point when the print job is accepted.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image forming, the process comprising:

managing, in a case of accepting a print job, first information for identifying matter of content included in the print job in association with the print job; and

giving, in a case where second information accepted from an information processing apparatus matches the first information, an instruction for executing the print job associated with the first information, wherein the first information and the second information are a hash value independently generated on the basis of the content or part of the content.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the first information and the second information are calculated on the basis of the content.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the process further comprises outputting, in a case where the first information that matches the second information is not present, a message indicating absence of a print job specified via the information processing apparatus.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein even in a case where execution of the print job has been confirmed, the print job is not deleted.

15 . An information processing apparatus comprising processor, configured to:

upload a print job of selected content to a storage area in a network; and

transmit, in a case where communication with an image forming apparatus is made possible in a state where one print job is selected from among print jobs accumulated in an internal storage, information for identifying matter of content that is a target of the selected print job to the image forming apparatus, wherein the information for identifying matter of content that is a target of the selected print job to the image forming apparatus is a hash value independently generated on the basis of the content or part of the content.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the information for identifying the matter of the content is calculated on the basis of the content.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0444 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: TAKAHASHI, SATOSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050174/0171 →