Patent ID: 9270860
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A data processing method for an image forming apparatus including a storage unit having a plurality of boxes assigned as storage areas for storing data, said method comprising: a first reception step of receiving data to be stored in the storage unit, designation information indicating at least one of the plurality of boxes, and print setting information defining a print setting which is used for printing the data; a first storage control step of storing, when the received designation information indicates one box, the received data and the received print setting information in a storage area corresponding to the one box indicated by the designation information; a second storage control step of storing, when the received designation information indicates two boxes including a first box and a second box, the received data and the received print setting information in a first storage area corresponding to the first box indicated by the designation information, and of storing shortcut data for referencing the received data stored in the first storage area and the received print setting information in a second storage area corresponding to the second box indicated by the designation information, wherein the received data is not stored in the second storage area and wherein the shortcut data is not stored in the first storage area; a second reception step of receiving a printing instruction of the data stored in the storage area corresponding to the one box or to the first box of the two boxes indicated by the designation information; and a printing step of, when receiving the printing instruction, printing the data which is stored in the first storage area corresponding to the first box, based on the print setting information stored in the first storage area corresponding to the first box in a case where the storage area corresponding to the first box has been selected, and printing the data which is referred from the shortcut data stored in the storage area corresponding to the second box and is stored in the first box, based on the print setting information stored in the storage area corresponding to the second box in a case where the second box has been selected, wherein the same print setting information received with the data is individually stored in each of the storage area corresponding to the first box and the storage area corresponding to the second box, and the print setting information stored in the storage area corresponding to the first box and the print setting information stored in the storage area corresponding to the second box are capable of being individually edited.