Patent ID: 11880617
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method to be executed by a computer, the method comprising:
receiving, at a user terminal computer, a print instruction for a print job from a user;
transmitting, from the user terminal computer, print job data to a management server;
receiving, at the management server, the print job data;
storing, at the management server, the print job data as a queue to be printed;
extracting, at the management server, the print job data from the queue in accordance with a priority;
transmitting, from the management server, the print job data to a digital front end (DFE);
receiving, at the DFE, the extracted print job data;
converting, by the DFE, the extracted print job data into image data, wherein the image data comprises data of the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) format;
transmitting, from the DFE, the converted print job data to an image forming apparatus,
receiving, at the image forming apparatus, the converted print job data,
storing, by the image forming apparatus, an identifier for identifying a defective page for each print job and an identifier for identifying a print job that includes the defective page in association with each other;
generating, by the image forming apparatus, a master image by converting the converted print job data from the CMYK format into red, green, and blue (RGB) format;
determining, by the image forming apparatus, whether a page included in the print job is a defective page, based on the generated master image and the identifier for identifying the defective page;
determine, by the image forming apparatus and based on the determination of whether the page included in the print job is a defective page, whether the converted print job data is data of a print job to be reprinted; and
in response to determination that the converted print job data is data of a print job to be reprinted, controlling, by the image forming apparatus, to eject a first conveyance medium including a page not determined to be defective to a first ejection destination, eject a second conveyance medium including a defective page to a second ejection destination, print an image of the defective page on a third conveyance medium, and eject the third conveyance medium on which the image is printed to the first ejection destination.